Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study
The COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Pregnant women are more susceptible to developing serious diseases during COVID-19 than their non-pregnant peers. Pregnant women often express doubt about accepting the vaccination, especially in regard to their security...
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| author | Stefania Bruno Lorenza Nachira Paola Arcaro Fabio Pattavina Enrica Campo Chiara Cadeddu Brigida Carducci Antonio Lanzone Gianfranco Damiani Patrizia Laurenti FPG COVID-19 Vaccination Team (FPG-CVT) |
| author_facet | Stefania Bruno Lorenza Nachira Paola Arcaro Fabio Pattavina Enrica Campo Chiara Cadeddu Brigida Carducci Antonio Lanzone Gianfranco Damiani Patrizia Laurenti FPG COVID-19 Vaccination Team (FPG-CVT) |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Pregnant women are more susceptible to developing serious diseases during COVID-19 than their non-pregnant peers. Pregnant women often express doubt about accepting the vaccination, especially in regard to their security and safety. This study aims to investigate the appreciation of the vaccination offer, and if there are any determinants impacting vaccine hesitancy. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of pregnant women who had just received their immunization against COVID-19 at the vaccination service of a teaching hospital in Rome, from October 2021 to March 2022. A high appreciation of the vaccination services was found, both for the logistic organization and the healthcare personnel, with mean scores above 4 out of 5. The degree of pre-vaccinal doubt was low (41%) or medium (48%) for the largest part of the sample, while the degree of COVID-19 vaccine knowledge was high for 91% of the participants. Physicians were the most decisive information source for the vaccination choice. Our results highlighted that a supportive approach could increase appreciation and improve the setting of vaccinations. Healthcare professionals should aim for a more comprehensive and integrated role of all figures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1822d8bf63d41b58383edd0363b2e132023-11-17T21:42:05ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2023-04-0111481210.3390/vaccines11040812Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional StudyStefania Bruno0Lorenza Nachira1Paola Arcaro2Fabio Pattavina3Enrica Campo4Chiara Cadeddu5Brigida Carducci6Antonio Lanzone7Gianfranco Damiani8Patrizia Laurenti9FPG COVID-19 Vaccination Team (FPG-CVT)Women, Children and Public Health Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, ItalyWomen, Children and Public Health Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, ItalyWomen, Children and Public Health Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, ItalyWomen, Children and Public Health Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, ItalyWomen, Children and Public Health Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, ItalyWomen, Children and Public Health Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, ItalyThe COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Pregnant women are more susceptible to developing serious diseases during COVID-19 than their non-pregnant peers. Pregnant women often express doubt about accepting the vaccination, especially in regard to their security and safety. This study aims to investigate the appreciation of the vaccination offer, and if there are any determinants impacting vaccine hesitancy. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of pregnant women who had just received their immunization against COVID-19 at the vaccination service of a teaching hospital in Rome, from October 2021 to March 2022. A high appreciation of the vaccination services was found, both for the logistic organization and the healthcare personnel, with mean scores above 4 out of 5. The degree of pre-vaccinal doubt was low (41%) or medium (48%) for the largest part of the sample, while the degree of COVID-19 vaccine knowledge was high for 91% of the participants. Physicians were the most decisive information source for the vaccination choice. Our results highlighted that a supportive approach could increase appreciation and improve the setting of vaccinations. Healthcare professionals should aim for a more comprehensive and integrated role of all figures.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/4/812pregnant womenvaccine hesitancyCOVID-19occupational categoriesvaccinepandemic |
| spellingShingle | Stefania Bruno Lorenza Nachira Paola Arcaro Fabio Pattavina Enrica Campo Chiara Cadeddu Brigida Carducci Antonio Lanzone Gianfranco Damiani Patrizia Laurenti FPG COVID-19 Vaccination Team (FPG-CVT) Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study Vaccines pregnant women vaccine hesitancy COVID-19 occupational categories vaccine pandemic |
| title | Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | assessing doubts knowledge and service appreciation among pregnant women who received the covid 19 vaccination in an italian research hospital a cross sectional study |
| topic | pregnant women vaccine hesitancy COVID-19 occupational categories vaccine pandemic |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/4/812 |
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