Vaccination against influenza in pregnant women in a maternity hospital in the Czech Republic in the season 2020-2021

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023698%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000048" target="_blank" >RIV/00023698:_____/23:N0000048 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/23:43925750 RIV/75010330:_____/23:00014227

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230122/" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230122/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15911-5" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12889-023-15911-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Vaccination against influenza in pregnant women in a maternity hospital in the Czech Republic in the season 2020-2021

Original language description

ObjectivesPregnant women are among the priority groups to receive influenza vaccines in the Czech Republic since 2011, data on vaccination coverage are not yet available. The aim of the study was to determine the influenza vaccination coverage (IVC) and provide source data for further activities.MethodsA prospective observational study was performed in a large maternity hospital in Prague. The self-completed questionnaire was distributed to 5,475 pregnant women between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021. Questions included maternal sociodemographic characteristics, influenza vaccination status and sources of maternal vaccination recommendations during pregnancy.ResultsA total of 4,617 completed questionnaires have been analysed. The median age of study participants (N = 4,592) was 33 years (range: 18-51 years). The majority (69.7%) of women had completed their university education, most women were childless (58.5%) or had one child (32.5%) before the start of the study. Less than 2% of women reported being vaccinated against influenza during their pregnancy (1.5%; 95% CI, 1.1-1.9%). Only 21% of women knew that it's possible to get vaccinated against influenza during pregnancy. Participants considered influenza vaccination in pregnancy as important (3.3%), useful (41.1%) and useless (44.4%). Out of 959 pregnant women who had information about influenza vaccination during pregnancy, only 6.9% were vaccinated, while among those who did not have this information, 0.1% were vaccinated during pregnancy (p < 0.001). The most frequent source of information was Internet, then media and a general practitioner.ConclusionsThe IVC during pregnancy in our study was extremely low. In order to improve IVC among pregnant women, it is necessary to increase awareness of recommendations and vaccination options among the public and professionals and incorporating vaccination recommendation in routine antenatal practice.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30214 - Obstetrics and gynaecology

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

ISSN

1471-2458

e-ISSN

1471-2458

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

MAY 31 2023

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1029

UT code for WoS article

000999421600003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85160661930