Assessing the degree of doubt and the role of information sources among pregnant women who received covid-19 vaccination at an italian research hospital
 
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Largo Francesco Vito, 1 Italy
 
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
 
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Italy
 
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma Section of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Italy
 
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma
 
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Women, Children and Public Health Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy Italy
 
 
Publication date: 2023-04-26
 
 
Popul. Med. 2023;5(Supplement):A439
 
ABSTRACT
Background and objective:
Pregnant women (PW) have a high risk of complications and adverse fetal/neonatal outcomes from COVID-19; therefore, they are a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccination. Despite the large real-world evidence about its safety in pregnancy, hesitancy is widespread and vaccination acceptance is low among PW. Following the World Health Organization’s guidelines, COVID-19 vaccination of PW has been recommended in Italy since September 22nd, 2021. Shortly after, the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS (FPG), in Rome, implemented and promoted a specific pathway for COVID-19 vaccination of PW at its vaccination center. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the degree of pre-vaccinal doubt about COVID-19 vaccines, and the information sources considered decisive for the vaccination choice among PW vaccinated against COVID-19 at the FPG between October 2021 and March 2022.

Methods:
Data were collected through an anonymous questionnaire, composed of linear scale questions investigating doubts, and a multiple-answer question regarding sources. A score was calculated to assess the degree of doubt (low, medium, high). Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with the variables of interest, setting statistical significance at p

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