Thesis (M.Sc.) -Cairo University, 2023.

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Background: Multiple vaccines have been produced and some of these vaccines have
shown promising results in terms of safety and efficacy. In addition, some of the
vaccines have already been approved by major drug and food authorities worldwide,
such as the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medicines and Healthcare
Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Objective: Determination of vaccine acceptance and hesitancy attitudes toward
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Egyptian pregnant women.
Patients and Methods: During this study, 255 pregnant women were enrolled, after
consenting each of them. The target participants were primarily invited on-site to fill in
the questionnaire while they were in the clinic, and hardcopy (printed) forms were used
to collect their answers after they indicated their consent to join the study. A previously
validated Arabic questionnaire by Almaghaslah et al was adapted and used in this study.
The Almaghaslah et al questionnaire was developed based on a previous systematic
review of confidence and receptivity for COVID-19 vaccines and another nationwide
online survey in China on COVID-19 vaccine demand and hesitancy.
Results: More than two thirds of our pregnant women had hesitancy attitudes toward
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and not aware of the effectiveness of it due
to several reasons as they believed that COVID infection is not a serious infection,
vaccine is unsafe on mother and her baby during pregnancy as it would contain the
Covid virus, safety of the vaccine wasn’t assessed adequately, not sure about
component of the vaccine and they are very strict to the precautions, so they don't need
the vaccine.
Conclusion: Pregnant women and those who are planning for pregnancy have a low
score in terms of their COVID-19 vaccination perception, hesitancy, perceived benefits
and causes of action regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, which reflects a low attitude
towards vaccination acceptance.

فترة الحمل هي فترة خاصة تزداد فيها القابلية للإصابة بالأمراض والوفيات بسبب أمراض معينة. بالنظر إلى مرض فيروس كورونا 19 ، فقد تبين أن النساء الحوامل أكثر عرضة للإصابة بالأعراض ، ويتم إدخالهن إلى المستشفى في وحدات العناية المركزة ، ويحتاجن إلى أجهزة التنفس الصناعي مقارنة بالنساء غير الحوامل في نفس العمر لهذا السبب ، من المفيد عمليًا التوصية بالتطعيم ، يُعد تردد اللقاحات أحد العقبات الحاسمة أمام نجاح حملات التطعيم الجماعية.

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