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The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers
Background: We investigated the impact of a single unstructured educational lecture about vaccinations on the vaccine confidence in volunteer participants. Methods: We conducted a survey-based study during a series of open meetings related to pregnancy and parenting. Before and after the pediatricia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003617/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33804621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030290 |
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author | Tkaczyszyn, Katarzyna Kuchar, Ernest Augustynowicz, Ewa Szenborn, Leszek |
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description | Background: We investigated the impact of a single unstructured educational lecture about vaccinations on the vaccine confidence in volunteer participants. Methods: We conducted a survey-based study during a series of open meetings related to pregnancy and parenting. Before and after the pediatrician’s lecture related to vaccinations, listeners completed the visual analogue scales (VAS, 0–15 cm), evaluating (1) self-declared knowledge on vaccinations and (2) how they perceive the safety and efficacy of this preventive method. Results: In total, 484 women aged 30 ± 4 years participated in the lecture (pregnant = 68%; ≥1 children = 56%). Participants declared to have more comprehensive knowledge on preventive vaccinations and perceived vaccines to be safer and more useful (the role for the immunity) after vs. before the lecture (median VAS: 10.4 vs. 7.2, 10.8 vs. 8.7, and 11.0 vs. 10.4 cm, all p < 0.001). Importantly, the prevalence of vaccine-related adverse events was also assessed as being higher after the lecture (median VAS: 9.9 vs. 8.0 cm, p < 0.001). The increase in self-declared knowledge on vaccinations and perceived need for vaccinations (delta VAS—VAS after minus before the lecture, expressed as % of baseline) was lower among participants who rated the lecture less vs. more useful. Importantly, both participants who liked vs. did not like the lecture comparably rated vaccines safer after vs. before the lecture (delta VAS (median, interquartile range): 16% (0–39%) vs. 18% (2–42%), p = 0.39). Conclusions: An educational lecture on vaccinations positively impacts vaccine confidence in young adult women. Irrespective of the subjective rating of the lecture, all listeners perceived vaccinations to be safer after vs. before the speech. |
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spelling | pubmed-80036172021-03-28 The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers Tkaczyszyn, Katarzyna Kuchar, Ernest Augustynowicz, Ewa Szenborn, Leszek Vaccines (Basel) Article Background: We investigated the impact of a single unstructured educational lecture about vaccinations on the vaccine confidence in volunteer participants. Methods: We conducted a survey-based study during a series of open meetings related to pregnancy and parenting. Before and after the pediatrician’s lecture related to vaccinations, listeners completed the visual analogue scales (VAS, 0–15 cm), evaluating (1) self-declared knowledge on vaccinations and (2) how they perceive the safety and efficacy of this preventive method. Results: In total, 484 women aged 30 ± 4 years participated in the lecture (pregnant = 68%; ≥1 children = 56%). Participants declared to have more comprehensive knowledge on preventive vaccinations and perceived vaccines to be safer and more useful (the role for the immunity) after vs. before the lecture (median VAS: 10.4 vs. 7.2, 10.8 vs. 8.7, and 11.0 vs. 10.4 cm, all p < 0.001). Importantly, the prevalence of vaccine-related adverse events was also assessed as being higher after the lecture (median VAS: 9.9 vs. 8.0 cm, p < 0.001). The increase in self-declared knowledge on vaccinations and perceived need for vaccinations (delta VAS—VAS after minus before the lecture, expressed as % of baseline) was lower among participants who rated the lecture less vs. more useful. Importantly, both participants who liked vs. did not like the lecture comparably rated vaccines safer after vs. before the lecture (delta VAS (median, interquartile range): 16% (0–39%) vs. 18% (2–42%), p = 0.39). Conclusions: An educational lecture on vaccinations positively impacts vaccine confidence in young adult women. Irrespective of the subjective rating of the lecture, all listeners perceived vaccinations to be safer after vs. before the speech. MDPI 2021-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8003617/ /pubmed/33804621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030290 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). |
spellingShingle | Article Tkaczyszyn, Katarzyna Kuchar, Ernest Augustynowicz, Ewa Szenborn, Leszek The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers |
title | The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers |
title_full | The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers |
title_fullStr | The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers |
title_short | The Impact of a Single Educational Lecture on the Vaccine Confidence among Pregnant Women and Young Mothers |
title_sort | impact of a single educational lecture on the vaccine confidence among pregnant women and young mothers |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003617/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33804621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030290 |
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