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Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

To manage the COVID-19 outbreak, the WHO recommends adult and child vaccination. Vaccine skepticism has been a major worldwide health concern for decades, and the situation is worsening. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate parental willingness to vaccinate their children (aged 5 to...

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Autores principales: Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed, Mannasaheb, Basheerahmed Abdulaziz, Shaikh, Mohammed Ashique K., Alajlan, Sarah Abdulrahman, Alayed, Mohammed Saeed Z., Shaikh, Ibrahim Ahmed, Asdaq, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin, Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed, Ghazwani, Eisa Yazeed, Al-Qahtani, Nasser Saeed, Abbag, Bayan Fuad
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36560389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10121979
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author Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed
Mannasaheb, Basheerahmed Abdulaziz
Shaikh, Mohammed Ashique K.
Alajlan, Sarah Abdulrahman
Alayed, Mohammed Saeed Z.
Shaikh, Ibrahim Ahmed
Asdaq, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin
Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed
Ghazwani, Eisa Yazeed
Al-Qahtani, Nasser Saeed
Abbag, Bayan Fuad
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Mannasaheb, Basheerahmed Abdulaziz
Shaikh, Mohammed Ashique K.
Alajlan, Sarah Abdulrahman
Alayed, Mohammed Saeed Z.
Shaikh, Ibrahim Ahmed
Asdaq, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin
Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed
Ghazwani, Eisa Yazeed
Al-Qahtani, Nasser Saeed
Abbag, Bayan Fuad
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description To manage the COVID-19 outbreak, the WHO recommends adult and child vaccination. Vaccine skepticism has been a major worldwide health concern for decades, and the situation is worsening. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate parental willingness to vaccinate their children (aged 5 to 11 years) against COVID-19 and to describe its relationship with attitude, barriers, facilitators, and sources of knowledge regarding the vaccine. Methods: From February to March 2022, a community-based cross-sectional survey was undertaken among the parents of Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. We employed a convenient sampling procedure to gather the required sample. Using the Raosoft sample size calculator, a minimum sample size of 385 was determined based on a 95% confidence level, a 5% margin of error, and a 5% precision level. The data were analyzed using version 26 of SPSS. A p-value less than 0.05 was judged statistically significant. The Chi-square test and likelihood ratio were utilized to describe the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, driving factors, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy associated factors were identified using multivariate binary logistic regression. A total of 528 replies were received. The majority of respondents were mothers (77.7%), aged 26 to 40 years (67.8%), married (91.5%), Saudi nationals (96.2%), college graduates (70.6%), with a monthly family income of more than SAR 10,000 (46.4%), non-healthcare professionals (84.7%), employed in the government sector (33.7%), with three children (23.3%), and children aged 5 to 11 years (88.7%). A little more than half of the parents (55.7%) exhibited considerable vaccination hesitancy. About 16.28% of parents were willing to vaccinate their children as soon as possible, compared to 38.44% who had no interest whatsoever in vaccination. A greater proportion of mothers and unemployed parents were unwilling to vaccinate their children. Parents with a higher monthly income (above SAR 10,000), who worked as healthcare professionals, and whose children suffered from chronic conditions were significantly more ready to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Parents who were aware of anti-vaccination campaigns and who vaccinated their children with required childhood vaccines were also much more likely to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Most parents (66.9%) obtained information on COVID-19 via the Saudi Ministry of Health website, followed by social media (48.1%). The vaccine’s novelty and the dearth of reliable information about its safety (65%) and insufficient information about its effectiveness (36.2%) were the primary reasons for not vaccinating children against COVID-19, whereas preventing children from contracting COVID-19 (55.9%) and government mandate (38.8%) were the primary reasons for vaccinating children against COVID-19. Conclusions: There was significant parental hesitancy to immunize their children against COVID-19. To involve and educate parents, multi-component interventions must be developed and implemented.
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spelling pubmed-97818192022-12-24 Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed Mannasaheb, Basheerahmed Abdulaziz Shaikh, Mohammed Ashique K. Alajlan, Sarah Abdulrahman Alayed, Mohammed Saeed Z. Shaikh, Ibrahim Ahmed Asdaq, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed Ghazwani, Eisa Yazeed Al-Qahtani, Nasser Saeed Abbag, Bayan Fuad Vaccines (Basel) Article To manage the COVID-19 outbreak, the WHO recommends adult and child vaccination. Vaccine skepticism has been a major worldwide health concern for decades, and the situation is worsening. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate parental willingness to vaccinate their children (aged 5 to 11 years) against COVID-19 and to describe its relationship with attitude, barriers, facilitators, and sources of knowledge regarding the vaccine. Methods: From February to March 2022, a community-based cross-sectional survey was undertaken among the parents of Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. We employed a convenient sampling procedure to gather the required sample. Using the Raosoft sample size calculator, a minimum sample size of 385 was determined based on a 95% confidence level, a 5% margin of error, and a 5% precision level. The data were analyzed using version 26 of SPSS. A p-value less than 0.05 was judged statistically significant. The Chi-square test and likelihood ratio were utilized to describe the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, driving factors, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy associated factors were identified using multivariate binary logistic regression. A total of 528 replies were received. The majority of respondents were mothers (77.7%), aged 26 to 40 years (67.8%), married (91.5%), Saudi nationals (96.2%), college graduates (70.6%), with a monthly family income of more than SAR 10,000 (46.4%), non-healthcare professionals (84.7%), employed in the government sector (33.7%), with three children (23.3%), and children aged 5 to 11 years (88.7%). A little more than half of the parents (55.7%) exhibited considerable vaccination hesitancy. About 16.28% of parents were willing to vaccinate their children as soon as possible, compared to 38.44% who had no interest whatsoever in vaccination. A greater proportion of mothers and unemployed parents were unwilling to vaccinate their children. Parents with a higher monthly income (above SAR 10,000), who worked as healthcare professionals, and whose children suffered from chronic conditions were significantly more ready to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Parents who were aware of anti-vaccination campaigns and who vaccinated their children with required childhood vaccines were also much more likely to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Most parents (66.9%) obtained information on COVID-19 via the Saudi Ministry of Health website, followed by social media (48.1%). The vaccine’s novelty and the dearth of reliable information about its safety (65%) and insufficient information about its effectiveness (36.2%) were the primary reasons for not vaccinating children against COVID-19, whereas preventing children from contracting COVID-19 (55.9%) and government mandate (38.8%) were the primary reasons for vaccinating children against COVID-19. Conclusions: There was significant parental hesitancy to immunize their children against COVID-19. To involve and educate parents, multi-component interventions must be developed and implemented. MDPI 2022-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9781819/ /pubmed/36560389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10121979 Text en © 2022 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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed
Mannasaheb, Basheerahmed Abdulaziz
Shaikh, Mohammed Ashique K.
Alajlan, Sarah Abdulrahman
Alayed, Mohammed Saeed Z.
Shaikh, Ibrahim Ahmed
Asdaq, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin
Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed
Ghazwani, Eisa Yazeed
Al-Qahtani, Nasser Saeed
Abbag, Bayan Fuad
Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Parental Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort parental willingness for covid-19 vaccination among children aged 5 to 11 years in riyadh city, saudi arabia: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36560389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10121979
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