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. 2023 Apr 7;11(4):812.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines11040812.

Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

Stefania Bruno  1   2 , Lorenza Nachira  2 , Paola Arcaro  2 , Fabio Pattavina  1 , Enrica Campo  2 , Chiara Cadeddu  2 , Brigida Carducci  1 , Antonio Lanzone  1 , Gianfranco Damiani  1   2 , Patrizia Laurenti  1   2 , Fpg Covid-Vaccination Team Fpg-Cvt
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Assessing Doubts, Knowledge, and Service Appreciation among Pregnant Women Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Research Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

Stefania Bruno et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Pregnant women are more susceptible to developing serious diseases during COVID-19 than their non-pregnant peers. Pregnant women often express doubt about accepting the vaccination, especially in regard to their security and safety. This study aims to investigate the appreciation of the vaccination offer, and if there are any determinants impacting vaccine hesitancy. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of pregnant women who had just received their immunization against COVID-19 at the vaccination service of a teaching hospital in Rome, from October 2021 to March 2022. A high appreciation of the vaccination services was found, both for the logistic organization and the healthcare personnel, with mean scores above 4 out of 5. The degree of pre-vaccinal doubt was low (41%) or medium (48%) for the largest part of the sample, while the degree of COVID-19 vaccine knowledge was high for 91% of the participants. Physicians were the most decisive information source for the vaccination choice. Our results highlighted that a supportive approach could increase appreciation and improve the setting of vaccinations. Healthcare professionals should aim for a more comprehensive and integrated role of all figures.

Keywords: COVID-19; occupational categories; pandemic; pregnant women; vaccine; vaccine hesitancy.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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