Aceptación y actitudes hacia las vacunas contra COVID-19 en cuidadores de niños entre las edades 5 - 12 años en la ciudad de Cuenca, durante el año 2022

Abstract

Background: Sars-CoV-2 is the causal agent of COVID-19, a virus that caused the global pandemic with 765 million confirmed cases and 6.9 million deaths (Ndwandwe & Wiysonge, 2021). The need to understand the factors that are present in society and that caused vaccine hesitancy became a challenge during the pandemic, therefore; Several investigations have been dedicated to studying the opinions of caregivers regarding the COVID-19 vaccine for their children. Objectives: Determine the level of acceptance and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines by caregivers of children between the ages of 5 - 12 years in the city of Cuenca and its associated factors. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study with convenience sampling applied to caregivers of children aged 5 to 12 in the city of Cuenca (n=458). Results: The population surveyed is 458 participants, where an acceptance of 87,9% was obtained by the caregivers of children from 5 to 12 years old, variables such as gender and ease of vaccination; They were aspects that contributed to the acceptance of vaccines. Conclusions: Perceptions of the short protection period of the vaccines, the unreliable supply of vaccines that Ecuador was going to have contributed to the rejection; This is not the case with the ease of being able to vaccinate children, especially mothers whose predisposition to vaccinating their children is greater.