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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women attending tertiary care centre: A cross-sectional study
Nidhi Gupta1, Sumedha Sharma1, Aruna Nigam1
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Science & Research and Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Objective:
To evaluate the knowledge and attitude towards coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination during pregnancy and to discover factors that lead to non-acceptance of vaccine.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was performed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Science & Research, New Delhi over a period of 3 months through a web-based questionnaire via Google form. The questionnaire was assessed using Cronbach α for internal consistency, which was 0.795.
Results:
News (74%) was the major source of knowledge among pregnant women. Around 60% women were not willing to receive the vaccine, mainly because of their fear of a harmful effect on pregnancy. The anticipated vaccine acceptance rate was 41% but actual vaccine acceptance rate in pregnancy was 7.3%.
Conclusion:
Efforts should be made to reduce the gap of knowledge regarding vaccine among pregnant women.
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