Knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women about COVID-19 vaccination
Serap Tekbaş, Serap Tekbaş, Serap Tekbaş

TL;DR
This study found that most pregnant women had negative attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine due to fears it could harm their fetus.
Contribution
The study provides insights into factors influencing vaccine attitudes among pregnant women, including education level and information sufficiency.
Findings
63.88% of pregnant women had a negative opinion about the vaccine during pregnancy.
75% of participants believed the vaccine could harm the fetus.
Higher education and being in the first trimester were linked to more positive attitudes toward vaccination.
Abstract
to assess the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women towards COVID-19 vaccination and the factors that affect them. this is a cross-sectional and analytical study with 407 pregnant women. The COVID-19 Vaccine Knowledge and Attitude Scale was used to assess the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women towards COVID-19 vaccination. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests were used for statistical analysis. it was found that 63.88% of the sample had a negative opinion about being vaccinated against COVID-19 during pregnancy. Seventy-five percent of the pregnant women believed that the vaccine would harm their fetus. The mean subscale scores of the severity (p = 0.001) and benefit (p = 0.001) of the vaccine were significantly higher in pregnant women with a higher level of education and in the first trimester (p = 0.001). It was found that pregnant women who stated that they had…
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Taxonomy
TopicsCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Reproductive Health and Contraception
