المعرفة والموقف والوعي حول التطعيم ضد (الكزاز والدفتيريا والسعال الديكي اللاخلوي) أثناء الحمل في المملكة العربية السعودية

Abstract

Background: Global estimations, there are 24.1 million cases of pertussis and 160,700 deaths by pertussis in children less than 5 years of age 1 year of age, with periodic epidemics occurring every 2 to 5 years. This study explored the knowledge and attitude inhabiting vaccine acceptance during pregnancy. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted by 231 women in different cities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Information participants (demographic –knowledge and attitude toward pertussis vaccination during pregnancy. Point-biserial correlation coefficients were used to determine a correlation between variables. Results: Only 78 (33.8%) women heard of the pertussis vaccine can be given during pregnancy and 68 (29.4%) know this vaccine protects the fetus from whooping cough after birth. despite poor knowledge of this vaccine. 120 participants (53.1%) agree to give a vaccine to their baby and agree to help with whooping cough. the significance value is greater than (0.05) for all variables except for education level. This leads us to accept the null hypothesis of one-way ANOVA and conclude that the mean difference between groups is not statistically significant except for education level. The results of statistical analysis indicated that the respondent’s knowledge and awareness related to whooping cough are not affected by their age, level of education, occupation, pregnancy number, and a number of births. Also, respondent’s attitude toward the vaccine is not affected due to their age, occupation, pregnancy number, and a number of births. While the level of education affects their attitude.