Approach of Pregnant Women from Poland and the Ukraine to COVID-19 Vaccination—The Role of Medical Consultation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Objectives
2. Methodology
2.1. Material and Methods
2.2. Inclusion Criteria
2.3. Exclusion Criteria
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Overall Group
3.2. General Characteristics
3.3. Comparison of Selected Indices and Answers for Questions in the Questionnaire According to the Agreement for Inoculation before and after Consultation with a Gynaecologist
3.4. Relationship between Consultation and Approach to Inoculation against COVID-19
3.5. Predictors of Vaccination against COVID-19–Univariate Analysis
3.6. Predictors of Vaccination against COVID-19–Multivariate Analysis
3.7. Significance of Gynaecological Consultation on Increase in Vaccination Percentage
4. Discussion
4.1. Acceptance of Vaccination—Geographic, Socioeconomic and Medical Aspects
4.2. Modifiable Factors of Vaccination Acceptance
4.3. Gynaecological Counselling
4.4. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Before Gynaecological Consultation Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval, p-Value) | After Gynaecological Consultation Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval, p-Value) | |
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Are you planning to vaccinate your children against COVID-19? (no vs. yes) | 0.277 (0.150–0.477, <0.001) | |
Do you think the complications after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine are: (rare/very rare vs. common/very common) | 0.406 (0.242–0.642, <0.001) | |
Have you been vaccinated against COVID-19?—Reason for negative approach: | ||
Fear of damage to the foetus (yes vs. no) | 0.073 (0.023–0.197, <0.001) | 0.024 (0.009–0.057, <0.001) |
Fear of post-vaccination complications/adverse reactions (yes vs. no) | 0.119 (0.039–0.324, <0.001) | 0.040 (0.009–0.057, <0.001) |
I have not had such an opportunity yet due to the limitations in the vaccination programme (yes vs. no) | 0.026 (0.001–0.20, <0.001) |
Before Medical Visit | ||||
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Yes (1–6) | No (7) | Total | ||
After medicalvisit | Yes (1–6) Count (%) | 58 (19.4) | 52 (17.4) | 110 (36.8) |
No (7) Count (%) | 7 (2.34) | 182 (60.9) | 189 (63.2) | |
Total (%) | 65 (21.7) | 234 (78.3) | 299 |
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Januszek, S.; Siwiec, N.; Januszek, R.; Kluz, M.; Lebed, R.; Toś, P.; Góra, T.; Plens, K.; Dąbrowski, K.; Sidorowicz, M.; Szcześniewska, A.; Barnaś, E.; Kalandyk-Osinko, K.; Darmochwal-Kolarz, D.; Kluz, T. Approach of Pregnant Women from Poland and the Ukraine to COVID-19 Vaccination—The Role of Medical Consultation. Vaccines 2022, 10, 255. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020255
Januszek S, Siwiec N, Januszek R, Kluz M, Lebed R, Toś P, Góra T, Plens K, Dąbrowski K, Sidorowicz M, Szcześniewska A, Barnaś E, Kalandyk-Osinko K, Darmochwal-Kolarz D, Kluz T. Approach of Pregnant Women from Poland and the Ukraine to COVID-19 Vaccination—The Role of Medical Consultation. Vaccines. 2022; 10(2):255. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020255
Chicago/Turabian StyleJanuszek, Sławomir, Natalia Siwiec, Rafał Januszek, Marta Kluz, Roman Lebed, Paweł Toś, Tomasz Góra, Krzysztof Plens, Krzysztof Dąbrowski, Marcin Sidorowicz, Aleksandra Szcześniewska, Edyta Barnaś, Katarzyna Kalandyk-Osinko, Dorota Darmochwal-Kolarz, and Tomasz Kluz. 2022. "Approach of Pregnant Women from Poland and the Ukraine to COVID-19 Vaccination—The Role of Medical Consultation" Vaccines 10, no. 2: 255. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020255