Carla Pires1. 1. Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias-Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Campo Grande 376, 1740-024 Lisboa, Portugal.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Vaccine hesitancy is related to a delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination. AIM: to perform a systematic review of clinical trials on vaccine hesitancy (2015-2020). METHODS: a systematic review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses criteria (PRISMA). Five databases were screened-PubMed, Cochrane Library, DOAJ, SciELO and b-on-which comprise multiple resources. KEYWORDS: "Vaccine hesitancy" and ("randomized controlled trial" or "clinical trial"). INCLUSION CRITERIA: trials about "vaccine hesitancy" enrolling patients and/or health professionals (2015-2020). EXCLUSION CRITERIA: studies about other topics, repeated and qualitative studies, reviews and papers written in languages other than English, Portuguese, French or Spanish. RESULTS: a total of 35 trials out of 90 were selected (19 PubMed, 14 Cochrane Library, 0 DOAJ, 0 SciELO and 2 b-on). Selected trials were classified into five topics: children/pediatric (n = 5); online or electronic information (n = 5); vaccination against a specific disease (n = 15) (e.g., influenza or COVID-2019); miscellaneous (n = 4); and educational strategies (n = 6). CONCLUSION: the provision of online or electronic information (e.g., through virtual reality, social websites of experts, or apps), communication-based interventions and training of health professionals, residents or subjects seemed to improve vaccine hesitancy.
BACKGROUND: Vaccine hesitancy is related to a delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination. AIM: to perform a systematic review of clinical trials on vaccine hesitancy (2015-2020). METHODS: a systematic review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses criteria (PRISMA). Five databases were screened-PubMed, Cochrane Library, DOAJ, SciELO and b-on-which comprise multiple resources. KEYWORDS: "Vaccine hesitancy" and ("randomized controlled trial" or "clinical trial"). INCLUSION CRITERIA: trials about "vaccine hesitancy" enrolling patients and/or health professionals (2015-2020). EXCLUSION CRITERIA: studies about other topics, repeated and qualitative studies, reviews and papers written in languages other than English, Portuguese, French or Spanish. RESULTS: a total of 35 trials out of 90 were selected (19 PubMed, 14 Cochrane Library, 0 DOAJ, 0 SciELO and 2 b-on). Selected trials were classified into five topics: children/pediatric (n = 5); online or electronic information (n = 5); vaccination against a specific disease (n = 15) (e.g., influenza or COVID-2019); miscellaneous (n = 4); and educational strategies (n = 6). CONCLUSION: the provision of online or electronic information (e.g., through virtual reality, social websites of experts, or apps), communication-based interventions and training of health professionals, residents or subjects seemed to improve vaccine hesitancy.
Authors: Antonio Vinci; Amina Pasquarella; Maria Paola Corradi; Pelagia Chatzichristou; Gianluca D'Agostino; Stefania Iannazzo; Nicoletta Trani; Maria Annunziata Parafati; Leonardo Palombi; Domenico Antonio Ientile Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-05-13 Impact factor: 4.614
Authors: Janina I Steinert; Henrike Sternberg; Hannah Prince; Barbara Fasolo; Matteo M Galizzi; Tim Büthe; Giuseppe A Veltri Journal: Sci Adv Date: 2022-04-27 Impact factor: 14.957