Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on routine childhood vaccination coverage rates in Catalonia (Spain): a public health register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the lockdown measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood vaccination coverage rates in Catalonia (Spain) and to estimate its recovery once the progressive return to 'normalcy' had begun.

Study design

We conducted a public health register-based study.

Methods

Routine childhood vaccination coverage rates were analysed in three periods: a first pre-lockdown period (from January 2019 to February 2020), a second lockdown period with full restrictions (from March 2020 to June 2020), and, finally, a third post-lockdown period with partial restrictions (from July 2020 to December 2021).

Results

During the lockdown period, most of the coverage rates remained stable, concerning the pre-

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Marcos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9968620 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature