Authors: Alexandros Sotiriadis Themistoklis Dagklis Vaia Siamanta Konstantinos Chatzigeorgiou Theodoros Agorastos The LYSISTRATA Study Group
Publish Date: 2012/01/14
Volume: 285, Issue: 6, Pages: 1719-1724
Abstract
The purpose of this study was 1 to explore for sociodemographic factors that could potentially affect the intention of women to vaccinate themselves their 13yearold daughter and their 13yearold son against HPV and 2 to investigate the main reasons for declining vaccinationA structured questionnaire was used in participants of the project N = 5249 Logistic regression analysis was applied in order to examine the correlation between vaccine acceptability and a list of potential predictors In women declining vaccination the reported reasons for decline were analyzedResidence in rural areas and low to medium tiers of family income were the most constant factors in favor of intention to vaccinate Receiving information from a healthcare professional was found to positively affect vaccine acceptability for the woman herself but it did not affect her intention to vaccinate her daughter or her son The acceptance rates decreased significantly after the vaccine became available both for the women themselves and for their daughters or sons During the same year a shift was noted in the reason for declining vaccination the selfperception of insufficient knowledge significantly decreased and the fear of adverse effects significantly increased in all three casesApart from demographic factors which may favor or disfavor vaccine acceptability the intention to vaccinate decreased significantly and the proportion of women rejecting vaccination for safety concerns increased significantly after the introduction of the vaccine coinciding with isolated cases of negative publicity and highlighting the potential of misinformation by the mediaThe LYSITRATA Study Group T Agorastos D Athanatos E Bili K Chatzigeorgiou T Constantinides T Dagklis K Dampala D Goulis D Karagkouni D Kyrou A Lambropoulos T Mikos E Salonikidou V Siamanta A Sotiriadis A Tantsis E Togaridou I Tympanidis D Vavilis M Zafrakas
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