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ReviewCureus2024

Vaccination Hesitancy and Its Impact on Immunization Coverage in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review.

Sahar Ali Osman Mohamed Elawad, Azza Abdelbagi Yagoub Mohammed, Samia Ahmed Ali Karar, Aala Abdelrahman Hassan Farah, Ahmed Mohamed Elamin Mubarak Osman

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sahar Ali Osman Mohamed ElawadPediatrics, Armed Forces Hospital, Jazan, SAU.
Azza Abdelbagi Yagoub MohammedNeonatal Intensive Care, Maternity and Children Hospital, Hail, SAU.
Samia Ahmed Ali KararPediatrics, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cardiff, GBR.
Aala Abdelrahman Hassan FarahPediatric Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, GBR.
Ahmed Mohamed Elamin Mubarak OsmanGeneral Medicine, Jouf University Medical Services Center, Jouf, SAU.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One significant global health issue that is present in more than 190 nations globally is routine vaccination reluctance. This study aimed to synthesize the current evidence on vaccination hesitancy and its impact on immunization coverage in pediatrics. We searched for relevant studies across four databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/EMBASE, and Cumulated Index in Nursing and Allied Health Literature). Prespecified inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to extract relevant studies while excluding irrelevant ones. We found 4,085 studies on four different databases in which 23 satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria. These 23 relevant studies involving 29,131 parents, guardians, and caregivers from over 30 countries met the inclusion criteria and quality assessment. Studies were assessed for risk bias using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Vaccination hesitancy is caused by several factors, such as cultural customs, economic reforms, perceived rumors, myths, misconceptions, physicians and other healthcare professionals, and perceived risks and problems of vaccines. These results highlight the importance of addressing demand-side factors related to socioeconomic determinants and supply-side issues such as improving health literacy, combating misinformation, ensuring clarity in communication, and promoting a consistent, evidence-based message. More observations and research should be conducted regularly to develop strategies for encouraging youngsters to receive immunizations in large quantities.

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immunizationpediatricsystematic reviewvaccination coveragevaccination hesitancy

Identifiers

PMID39734563
PMCPMC11681952

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