Evaluation of the Attitudes of Vaccination-hesitant Parents Towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine
| Autor: | Hilal Koyuncu, Ayşegül Bükülmez, Ayşe Oflu |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Güncel Pediatri, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 58-64 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1304-9054 1308-6308 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/jcp.2024.66743 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Although the vaccine has many individual and social benefits, ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ has led to an increase in the number of vaccine-preventable diseases. The aim of our study is to determine the effect of ideas that cause vaccine hesitancy to comply with traditional medicine practices and drugs and to determine the ratio of parents’ preference for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) methods. Materials and Methods: This study was performed on the parents who refused vaccination in their children under the age of 8 between the years 2017-2022. Parents of the vaccinated children who were matched for age and gender were determined as the control group. Demographic characteristics of families, education levels, compliance ratios for well-child follow-up and pregnancy follow-up, preference ratios for traditional medicine and/or CAM applications were compared. Results: A total of 123 families, 61 of whom were vaccine refusal and 62 of the control group, were included in the study. It was determined that the ratio of parents who refuse vaccination have increased in the last five years. The education level was found to be higher in the study group (p=0.019). The most common reasons for vaccine refusal were distrust of the vaccine content (72.1%) and non-compliance with religious beliefs (49.1%). It was also found that the ratios of prophylactic vitamin use and tetanus vaccination of mothers during pregnancy were lower in the study group (p |
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