| Autor: |
Eliza Gordon-Lipkin, Christopher Steven Marcum, Shannon Kruk, Elizabeth Thompson, Philip Yeske, Lori Martin, Peter J McGuire |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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Research in developmental disabilities. 131 |
| ISSN: |
1873-3379 |
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Children with developmental disabilities are vulnerable to morbidity associated with COVID-19.To understand attitudes toward routine childhood vaccinations versus the COVID-19 vaccine in a population of families affected by mitochondrial disease (MtD), a form of developmental disability.An online survey was administered via several advocacy groups for children with MtD.Eighty-six percent of families reported being up to date with the childhood vaccine schedule and seventy percent reported that their affected child receives the annual flu shot. However, only fifty percent reported that the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine outweighed the risk for their affected child. One quarter of families expressed concern that their child may become sick or deteriorate after the COVID-19 vaccine. In comparison to other routine childhood vaccines, families expressed less confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine.Families affected by this population of developmental disabilities are more comfortable with the vaccines included in the routine childhood immunization schedule than with the newly introduced COVID-19 vaccine, even despite this group's vulnerability. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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