Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 64 No. 3, 2020.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2020.28
The association between selected factors and attitudes of pregnant women towards vaccination
Darjan Franjić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8189-9713
Ivana Franjić
Jelena Ravlija
Sažetak
The objective was to investigate knowledge, awareness and attitudes towards vaccination of pregnant women in relation to selected
factors. An additional objective was to investigate differences in characteristics of pregnant women who are for and against vaccination, and investigate which sources pregnant women used to get information on vaccination. A questionnaire assembled according to the guidelines of the Sage Vaccine Hesitancy Working Group was used for the quantitative part of the study. The study included
pregnant women presenting for regular check-ups to the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Mostar University Hospital. A
focus group consisting of eight pregnant women from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics was used as a method for the
qualitative part of the study. The sample size in the study group was 100 subjects. The majority of subjects, 90 of them (90%), had
positive attitude towards vaccination, whereas ten (10%) women considered vaccination unnecessary. A significant number of subjects, 71 of them (71%), believed that pharmaceutical companies produced safe and effective vaccines. The subjects who considered
vaccination useful used professional literature as their source of information. The subjects who did not believe the writings against
vaccination were less worried about the side effects of vaccination. In conclusion, selected factors such as expecting the first child,
living in the city and higher level of education were associated with positive attitude towards vaccination and higher level of concern
about side effects of vaccination, but the difference was not statistically significant. Healthcare professionals and professional literature play an important role for pregnant women in making the decision to accept vaccination. A statistically significant number of
pregnant women stated that their decision to vaccinate their children was not influenced by the media. Pregnant women who did
not believe in the anti-vaccination articles were statistically significantly less concerned about vaccine side effects. Improvement of
communication between healthcare professionals and pregnant women is necessary to increase vaccination coverage.
Ključne riječi
ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMEN; VACCINATION
Hrčak ID:
251814
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2020.
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