Understanding vaccine hesitancy with PCV13 in children: Results of a survey in Shanghai, China

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 4; p. e0284810
• Main Authors: Ni, Yi-Hong, Xu, Zhen-Hui, Wang, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27-04-2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Bacterial pneumonia; Biology and Life Sciences; Chi-square test; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; China; Clinics; Consent; Families & family life; Foreign exchange markets; Foreign exchange rates; Health aspects; Humans; Medicine and Health Sciences; Parents & parenting; People and Places; Pneumococcal Infections - prevention & control; Pneumococcal Vaccines; Pneumonia; Polls & surveys; Prevention; Questionnaires; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiratory diseases; Statistical methods; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vaccination; Vaccination - methods; Vaccination Hesitancy; Vaccines; Vaccines, Conjugate; China; United States > US
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284810

A questionnaire survey for parents of children under 5 years of age was conducted to analyze vaccine hesitancy with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in Shanghai, China. A total of 892 valid questionnaires were collected. Descriptive statistical methods, Chi-square test and effect size of Cohen were used. Among participants, 421 (48.8%) had children who had been vaccinated with PCV13 before the survey while 227 (26.73%) planned vaccination with PCV13 in the future. The main reasons for not receiving vaccination were the fear of adverse reactions (79, 26.7%), beyond vaccination age (69, 23.3%), and no need to vaccinate (44, 14.9%). Reducing vaccine hesitancy and increasing vaccination willingness can be achieved through health interventions, lower vaccine prices, and the adjustment of vaccination strategies.