21. COVID-19 VACCINE ACCEPTANCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN DA NANG IN 2022
Main Article Content
Abstract
Objective: To determine the acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccination and related factors among pregnant women attending Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in 2022.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2022 to July 2022 on 535 pregnant women at the General Examination - Emergency Department of Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children. Pregnant women were interviewed using a pre-designed structured questionnaire. All analysis procedures were performed using Stata 16.0 software.
Results: Among the 535 pregnant women participating in the study, 33.5% accepted the COVID-19 vaccination. Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination acceptance included age group, educational level, occupation, trimester of pregnancy, and interval since the last childbirth.
Conclusion: The acceptance rate of vaccination among pregnant women remains quite low. Communication programmes emphasising the vaccine’s safety are necessary to encourage pregnant women to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Article Details
Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, pregnancy, vaccine.
References
[2] Zambrano L.D, Ellington S, Strid P et al. Update: Characteristics of Symptomatic Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status - United States, January 22-October 3, 2020. MMWR Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Nov 6 2020, 69 (44): 1641-1647, doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6944e3
[3] Mullins E, Hudak M.L, Banerjee J et al. Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19: coreporting of common outcomes from PAN-COVID and AAP-SONPM registries. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology: the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Apr 2021, 57 (4): 573-581, doi:10.1002/uog.23619.
[4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 during Pregnancy. CDC. Accessed accessed on 22/11/2021, retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/special-populations/pregnancy-data-on-covid-19/what-cdc-is-doing.html.
[5] Gray K.J, Bordt E.A, Atyeo C et al. COVID-19 vaccine response in pregnant and lactating women: a cohort study. medRxiv: the preprint server for health sciences. Mar 8 2021, doi:10.1101/2021.03.07.21253094.
[6] Stuckelberger S, Favre G, Ceulemans M et al. SARS-CoV-2 vaccine willingness among pregnant and breastfeeding women during the first pandemic wave: A Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland. Viruses, Jun 22 2021, 13 (7), doi:10.3390/v13071199.
[7] Skjefte M, Ngirbabul M, Akeju O et al. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among pregnant women and mothers of young children: results of a survey in 16 countries. European journal of epidemiology, Feb 2021, 36 (2): 197-211, doi:10.1007/s10654-021-00728-6.
[8] Nguyen L.H, Hoang M.T, Nguyen L.D et al. Acceptance and willingness to pay for COVID-19 vaccines among pregnant women in Vietnam. Tropical medicine & international health: TM & IH. Oct 2021, 26 (10): 1303-1313, doi:10.1111/tmi.13666.
[9] Goncu Ayhan S, Oluklu D, Atalay A et al. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in pregnant women. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Aug 2021, 154 (2): 291-296, doi:10.1002/ijgo.13713.
[10] Tao L, Wang R, Han N et al. Acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine and associated factors among pregnant women in China: a multi-center cross-sectional study based on health belief model. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics. Aug 3 2021, 17 (8): 2378-2388, doi:10.1080/21645515.2021.1892432.