Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding Covid-19 and their relationship with Covid-19 booster vaccination status among women with infertility

Abstract

Objective: To elucidate the relationship among knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding Covid-19 and their relationship with booster vaccination status among women with infertility.

Methods: This questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was performed online and offline among women with infertility who visited an infertility clinic in Jakarta, Indonesia. We assessed the patient’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding Covid- 19 and their relationship with booster vaccination status and sociodemographic profile.

Results: A total of 178 subjects participated in this study, and most participants (92.6%) had received booster Covid-19 vaccines. From the questionnaire, 74.2% had good knowledge, and 99.4% had good attitudes regarding Covid-19; however, only 57.9% of patients had good practices. A weak positive correlation existed between knowledge and attitudes (r=0.11, P=0.13) and a moderate negative correlation between attitudes and practices (r=-0.44, P=0.56). Participants’ knowledge about vaccines and infertility was correlated with booster vaccination status (P=0.04). Academic background (P=0.01) and attitudes (P=0.01) were also correlated with booster vaccination status. The significant determinants of hesitance of receiving Covid-19 booster vaccines were high school education or below (OR=0.08, 95% CI 0.02-0.36) and poor practices (OR=0.21, 95% CI 0.05-0.95).

Conclusions: The majority of the participants had received the Covid-19 booster vaccine and had good knowledge and attitudes but poor practices regarding Covid-19. Most participants had poor knowledge about the relationship between infertility and the Covid- 19 vaccine. The general population should be more informed and reminded about practices to prevent Covid-19 and the relationship between vaccination and fertility to increase the number of people who receive Covid-19 booster vaccines.

Keywords

Covid-19 / Booster vaccine / Infertility / Knowledge / Attitude / Practice / Human reproduction / Pandemic

Conflict of interest statement

Authors declare no conflicts of interest in this study.

Funding

This research is funded by PUTI Pascasarjana 2022 Grant from Universitas Indonesia.

Authors’ contributions

Kevin Ezekia and Gita Pratama conceptualized the manuscript. Gita Pratama, Natasha Talya, Kevin Ezekia, and Irfan Arieqal Hatta Ampri collected the data, analyzed and wrote the manuscript. The review was done by Mila Maidarti, Kanadi Sumapradja, Achmad Kemal Harzif, and Gita Pratama.

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