COVID-19 Parental Vaccine Hesitancy in Romania: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 vaccination started in Romania in December 2020. Child vaccination started in 2021 with children aged 12-15 years in August. For children aged 5-11 years, vaccination started in January 2022. The aim of our study was to describe COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in Romanian children and vaccine acceptability in the general population. As parental consent is required for child vaccination in Romania, these aspects have a significant association. An analytical cross-sectional survey was conducted in October and November 2021 during the peak of the 4th COVID-19 wave. After validation, 1645 participants formed the main study group: median age 35 years, 72.83% women, and 35.44% from the medical domain. In total, 1311 (79.70%) participants were vaccinated against COVID-19 and 188 (11.42%)

SUBMITTER: Manolescu LSC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9024952 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature