COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women attending tertiary care centre: A cross-sectional study

ObjectiveTo evaluate the knowledge and attitude towards coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination during pregnancy and to discover factors that lead to non-acceptance of vaccine. MethodsA cross-sectional study was performed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Science & Research, New Delhi over a period of 3 months through a web-based questionnaire via Google form. The questionnaire was assessed using Cronbach alpha for internal consistency, which was 0.795. ResultsNews (74%) was the major source of knowledge among pregnant women. Around 60% women were not willing to receive the vaccine, mainly because of their fear of a harmful effect on pregnancy. The anticipated vaccine acceptance rate was 41% but actual vaccine acceptance rate in pregnancy was 7.3%. ConclusionEfforts should be made to reduce the gap of knowledge regarding vaccine among pregnant women.