1. Current status of pertussis vaccination during pregnancy and influencing factors in Korea
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Chaewon Kim, Yu-Ri Jang, In Yang Park, Hyun Sun Ko, Jeong Ha Wie, Jaeyoung Pae, and Woo Jeng Kim
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Adult ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Vaccination Coverage ,Whooping Cough ,Health Personnel ,Maternal Health ,Logistic regression ,lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics ,Young Adult ,Pertussis ,Pregnancy ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Republic of Korea ,Health care ,medicine ,Humans ,Maternal Health Services ,Pertussis vaccination ,lcsh:RG1-991 ,Pertussis Vaccine ,Tetanus ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Diphtheria ,Healthcare ,Postpartum Period ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Prenatal Care ,Guideline ,Recommendation ,medicine.disease ,Vaccination ,Logistic Models ,Female ,Pregnant Women ,business ,Vaccine - Abstract
Objective: to investigate pertussis vaccination rates during pregnancy and the routine recommendation rates by maternity healthcare professionals (HCPs), including influencing factors, in Korea. Materials and methods: Two different questionnaires were developed and conducted anonymously for pregnant or postpartum women and maternity HCPs in 30 multi-centers. Maternal pertussis vaccination rates and maternity HCPs’ recommendation rates were analyzed. Independent influencing factors were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression analysis, respectively. Results: The rate of pertussis vaccination during pregnancy among 466 women was 67%. Among 164 multiparous women, 35.5% received pertussis vaccinations during every pregnancy. However, 27.9% among all pregnant women did not receive information about pertussis and vaccination. The independent influencing factors for maternal pertussis vaccination, given as the tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap), were “getting informed” (OR 18.597, 95% CI 11.206–30.861), “informed by OBGYN doctors” (OR 4.426, 95% CI 2.144–9.267), and “metropolitan residence” (OR 3.048, 95% CI 1.419–6.548). Among a total of 373 maternity HCPs, 210 (56.3%) routinely recommended pertussis vaccination, but 21.7% of the total maternity HCP participants did not know the maternal Tdap guideline. The independent factors affecting routine recommendation were the awareness of guideline (OR 9.771, 95% CI 5.227–18.265, p
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- 2021