The effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on vaccine decisions in pregnant women.
Hatice Gencer, Sevgi Özkan, Okan Vardar and 1 others
PMID 34088595WHAT IT FOUND
Among 152 pregnant women in Turkey, 29.6% were hesitant about vaccines.
The pandemic did not change opinions for 63.9%, but 52.6% wanted a future COVID-19 vaccine. Health workers were the most trusted source.
Key findings
01Among 152 pregnant women, 35 (29.6%) reported a hesitant attitude to vaccination; the most common reasons were negative media or internet news and safety or side-effect worries, both 33 (21.7%).
02The pandemic did not change vaccination opinions for 97 (63.9%) women, but 80 (52.6%) wanted a COVID-19 vaccine when it was available.
03Health workers were the most trusted source of vaccine information (138, 90.8%), and the internet was the most commonly used source (92, 60.5%).
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What it does not show
The sample came from a Turkish parenting forum, so it may not represent pregnant women who do not use such forums or who live elsewhere. The questionnaire was not tested for validity or reliability. The study measured attitudes at one time, so it cannot show that the pandemic caused any change. The paper's regression wording is confusing because it reports odds ratios below 1 while describing hesitant attitudes as high.
Declared interests
The study received no specific grant, and the authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that the pandemic improved vaccine uptake. The study surveyed pregnant women's self-reported attitudes at one time, and many opinions did not change; it did not test an intervention or show that behaviour changed.