Short report: Vaccine attitudes in the age of COVID-19 for a population of children with mitochondrial disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with developmental disabilities are vulnerable to morbidity associated with COVID-19.

Aims

To understand attitudes toward routine childhood vaccinations versus the COVID-19 vaccine in a population of families affected by mitochondrial disease (MtD), a form of developmental disability.

Methods and procedures

An online survey was administered via several advocacy groups for children with MtD.

Outcomes and result

Eighty-six percent of families reported being up to date with the childhood vaccine schedule and seventy percent reported that their affected child receives the annual flu shot. However, only fifty percent reported that the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine outweighed the risk for their affected child. One quarter of families expressed

SUBMITTER: Gordon-Lipkin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510065 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature