Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19
This study examined the self-assessment of Niigata’s and Khabarovsk’s adolescents’ health status and their willingness to be vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic. A self-reported questionnaire was administered to 735 boys and girls (aged 15 years) from Niigata, Japan (<i>n</i> = 387),...
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| author | Hiromi Inaba Marina F. Rziankina Fumi Hoshino Kousuke Takano Kseniia E. Potapova Konstantin V. Zhmerenetsky Kazuo Ishigami |
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| description | This study examined the self-assessment of Niigata’s and Khabarovsk’s adolescents’ health status and their willingness to be vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic. A self-reported questionnaire was administered to 735 boys and girls (aged 15 years) from Niigata, Japan (<i>n</i> = 387), and Khabarovsk, Russia (<i>n</i> = 394), between May and July 2021. Specifically, this questionnaire focused on COVID-19, including a self-assessment of health status, adaptation to a new lifestyle, and impressions about the COVID-19 vaccination. The self-assessment was based on a 4-point scale: “Got very bad”; “Got a little bit bad”; “Did not change”; “Got better/I don’t know”. Additionally, binomial logistic regression was conducted to determine the association between the self-assessment of health status and the factors exacerbating their responses. Based on the findings, 25.7 and 29.9% of Niigata and Khabarovsk’s adolescents, respectively, selected “Got very bad” and “Got a little bit bad” for their self-assessments, while the binomial logistic regression showed that the difficulty of adapting to a new lifestyle was a factor worsening the boys’ subjective health. However, the items could not explain the deterioration of their subjective health in girls. Moreover, 76.9% of Niigata’s adolescents were positive about the COVID-19 vaccination, compared to 35.5% of the adolescents in Khabarovsk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5aa091b698d6414a8423928f6534697c2023-11-23T20:07:46ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-01-0110218410.3390/healthcare10020184Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19Hiromi Inaba0Marina F. Rziankina1Fumi Hoshino2Kousuke Takano3Kseniia E. Potapova4Konstantin V. Zhmerenetsky5Kazuo Ishigami6Center for Nutrition Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 951-8102, JapanDepartment of Polyclinic Pediatrics with a Course of Children’s Infectious Diseases, Far Eastern State Medical University, 680000 Khabarovsk, RussiaDepartment of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health Science, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 951-8102, JapanDepartment of Health Information, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 951-8102, JapanDepartment of Polyclinic Pediatrics with a Course of Children’s Infectious Diseases, Far Eastern State Medical University, 680000 Khabarovsk, RussiaDepartment of Polyclinic Pediatrics with a Course of Children’s Infectious Diseases, Far Eastern State Medical University, 680000 Khabarovsk, RussiaDepartment of Health Information, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 951-8102, JapanThis study examined the self-assessment of Niigata’s and Khabarovsk’s adolescents’ health status and their willingness to be vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic. A self-reported questionnaire was administered to 735 boys and girls (aged 15 years) from Niigata, Japan (<i>n</i> = 387), and Khabarovsk, Russia (<i>n</i> = 394), between May and July 2021. Specifically, this questionnaire focused on COVID-19, including a self-assessment of health status, adaptation to a new lifestyle, and impressions about the COVID-19 vaccination. The self-assessment was based on a 4-point scale: “Got very bad”; “Got a little bit bad”; “Did not change”; “Got better/I don’t know”. Additionally, binomial logistic regression was conducted to determine the association between the self-assessment of health status and the factors exacerbating their responses. Based on the findings, 25.7 and 29.9% of Niigata and Khabarovsk’s adolescents, respectively, selected “Got very bad” and “Got a little bit bad” for their self-assessments, while the binomial logistic regression showed that the difficulty of adapting to a new lifestyle was a factor worsening the boys’ subjective health. However, the items could not explain the deterioration of their subjective health in girls. Moreover, 76.9% of Niigata’s adolescents were positive about the COVID-19 vaccination, compared to 35.5% of the adolescents in Khabarovsk.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/2/184COVID-19adolescentmental healthnew lifestylevaccinate |
| spellingShingle | Hiromi Inaba Marina F. Rziankina Fumi Hoshino Kousuke Takano Kseniia E. Potapova Konstantin V. Zhmerenetsky Kazuo Ishigami Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19 Healthcare COVID-19 adolescent mental health new lifestyle vaccinate |
| title | Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19 |
| title_full | Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19 |
| title_short | Self-Assessment of Health Status and Willingness to Be Vaccinated in Adolescents from the Niigata Prefecture and the Khabarovsk Region during COVID-19 |
| title_sort | self assessment of health status and willingness to be vaccinated in adolescents from the niigata prefecture and the khabarovsk region during covid 19 |
| topic | COVID-19 adolescent mental health new lifestyle vaccinate |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/2/184 |
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