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JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
卷 36, 期 31, 页码 -出版社
KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e227
关键词
COVID-19 Vaccines; Vaccination Refusal; Parents; Child; Adolescent
资金
- Pusan National University Hospital
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
The study found that 76.5% of parents in South Korea intend to get vaccinated against COVID-19, 64.2% intend to have their children vaccinated, but only 49.6% of children responded that they would get vaccinated. Factors such as parents' confidence in the safety of vaccines, willingness to vaccinate themselves, and awareness of the need to vaccinate children were associated with parents' intention to vaccinate their children.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination is necessary to reach herd immunity and essential for mitigating the spread of the pandemic. In May 2021, the US FDA and the EU have expanded the emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12 to 15. The aim of this study was to investigate parental acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination for their children, factors affecting their acceptability, and children's perceptions of COVID-19 vaccines in Republic of Korea. Methods: We conducted a questionnaire survey at two tertiary hospitals from May 25, 2021 to June 3, 2021. Subjects were parents having children under 18 years and children aged 10-18 years. Results: Two hundred twenty-six parents and 117 children aged 10-18 years were included in the final analysis. Overall, 76.5% and 64.2% of parents intended to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and intended to have their children vaccinated, respectively. However, only 49.6% of children responded that they would get COVID-19 vaccination. In the multivariate analysis, high confidence in the safety of COVID-19 vaccines (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 4.87; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.32-24.12), parents' willingness to vaccinate themselves (AOR, 19.42; 95% CI, 6.85-64.00), and awareness of the need to vaccinate children against COVID-19 (AOR, 13.15; 95% CI, 4.77-41.27) were associated with positive factors intention to vaccinate their children. Conclusion: This study provides insight into how parents think about the COVID-19 vaccine for their children in South Korea. Our findings could be referenced in establishing a policy for childhood COVID-19 vaccination in the future.
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