Open AccessParents’ willingness and attitudes concerning the COVID‐19 vaccine: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Yılmaz Meltem,
Sahin Mustafa Kursat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1742-1241
pISSN - 1368-5031
DOI - 10.1111/ijcp.14364
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , cross sectional study , willingness to accept , affect (linguistics) , willingness to pay , family medicine , demography , disease , psychology , communication , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , microeconomics , sociology
This study aimed to evaluate the parents’ willingness and attitudes concerning the COVID‐19 vaccine. Method This cross‐sectional study was performed using a self‐administered online survey, covering parents’ and their children's characteristics, parents’ willingness and attitudes towards the COVID‐19 vaccine. A total of 1035 parents participated. Results Analysis showed that 36.3% of parents were willing to have their children receive the COVID‐19 vaccine and that 59.9% were willing to receive it themselves. In addition, 83.9% were willing to have their children vaccinated with the COVID‐19 vaccine if the mortality rates associated with COVID‐19 in children increased following a mutation. After adjusting for significant variables, willingness to receive the COVID‐19 vaccine (AOR = 24.91; 95% CI = 10.93‐56.76), willingness for their children to participate in a COVID‐19 vaccine trial (AOR = 11.87; 95% CI = 2.41‐58.40] and advising others to receive the COVID‐19 vaccine [AOR = 7.82; 95% CI = 2.50‐24.49] were associated with greater parents’ willingness for their children to receive the COVID‐19 vaccine. Conclusions Parents’ willingness for their children to receive the COVID‐19 vaccine was low. The only characteristics of either parents or children found to affect the parents’ willingness for children to receive the COVID‐19 vaccine was the parents being healthcare workers. Parents’ willingness and positive attitudes towards the COVID‐19 vaccine are factors that increase acceptance of the COVID‐19 vaccine for their children.