Should patients with epilepsy be vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination coverage, willingness, and safety profiles in patients with epilepsy remain poorly understood. We aimed to summarize the available evidence of COVID-19 vaccination coverage, willingness, and safety profiles among patients with epilepsy.

Methods

We performed a literature search in the Pubmed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register database between 1 January 2020 and 30 April 2022. We included eligible studies that provided information on the COVID-19 vaccination coverage, willingness, and safety profiles among patients with epilepsy. We investigated the association between baseline characteristics of patients with epilepsy and unvaccination status using a fixed-effect model. We calculated the pooled overall willingn

SUBMITTER: Lin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239978 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature