Perception and Mental Health Status Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Among Taiwanese Adolescents and Their Caregivers

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Table 1 Characteristics of Adolescents Who Received COVID-19 Vaccination

	Adolescents (n=138)
	N or Mean	% or SD
Sex (male)
Males	63	45.7
Females	75	54.3
Age (years, mean ± SD)	13.9	1.9
Education
Elementary school (6th grade)	10	7.2
Junior high school (7th −9th grade)	73	52.9
Senior high school (10th −12th grade)	55	39.9
Who made the decision of your vaccination
Father	12	8.7
Mother	65	47.1
Both parents	53	38.4
Other relatives	8	5.8
How many shots of COVID vaccine
1	21	15.2
2	27	19.6
3	90	65.2
Ideal option of COVID vaccine
BNT	106	76.8
Moderna	17	12.3
AZ	2	1.4
MVC	7	5.1
Any will be fine	6	4.4

Abbreviations: AZ, Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine; BNT, BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech); Moderna, mRNA-1273; MCV, Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation (MVC)-COV1901.

Table 2 Characteristics of the Caregivers of Adolescents Who Received COVID-19 Vaccination

	Caregivers (n=138)
	N or Mean	% or SD
Sex
Males	23	16.7
Females	115	83.3
Age (years, mean ± SD)	45.8	4.6
Education
Senior high school or lower	29	21.0
College or above	109	79.0
Marriage status
Married and cohabitation	120	87.0
Separated or divorced	18	13.0
Numbers of children
1	18	13.0
2	89	64.5
≥3	31	22.5
How many shots of COVID vaccine
2	14	10.1
3	89	64.5
4	33	23.9
Ideal option of COVID vaccine for child
BNT	50	36.2
Moderna	38	27.5
AZ	4	2.9
MVC	8	5.8
Any will be fine	38	27.5

Abbreviations: AZ, Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine; BNT, BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech); Moderna, mRNA-1273; MCV, Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation (MVC)-COV1901.

Table 3 Intention of COVID-19 Vaccination, Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health Among the Teenagers and Their Caregivers

	Adolescents (n=138)	Caregivers (n=138)	Paired t-test	p-value
DrVac-COVID19S
Impact	6.8 ± 2.7	6.4 ± 3.3	−1.297	0.197
Knowledge	5.0 ± 2.2	6.9 ± 2.6	6.399	<0.001
Value	7.9 ± 2.3	6.2 ± 3.2	−5.385	<0.001
Autonomy	8.9 ± 3.5	7.5 ± 2.8	−4.722	<0.001
Total score	28.5±6.6	27.0±9.6	1.889	0.061
Impact of Event Scale (IES)
Intrusion	11.4±4.7	12.5±5.5	1.899	0.060
Avoidance	13.3±5.4	14.1±5.9	1.327	0.187
Total score	24.7±9.9	26.7±11.1	1.648	0.102
Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ)
Somatic symptoms	5.6 ± 2.2	6.3 ± 2.3	3.025	0.003
Anxiety and worrying	4.6 ± 1.9	5.7 ± 2.1	5.977	<0.001
Depression	6.7 ± 2.0	7.2 ± 1.8	2.947	0.004
Sleep	1.5 ± 0.8	1.9 ± 0.8	3.951	<0.001
Total score	18.4 ± 5.9	21.0 ± 6.1	−5.015	<0.001

Abbreviation: DrVac-COVID19S, The Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale.

Table 4 Correlations Between Intention of COVID-19 Vaccination, Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health Among the Teenagers and Their Caregivers

	Adolescents (n=138)			Caregivers (n=138)
	Vaccination	IES	CHQ	Vaccination	IES	CHQ
Adolescents (n=138)
Vaccination	–
IES total scores	0.214*	–
CHQ total scores	0.062	0.349**	–
Caregivers (n=138)				–
Vaccination	0.371**	−0.092	0.084	–	–
IES total scores	0.002	0.095	0.230**	−0.089	–
CHQ total scores	−0.088	0.107	0.481**	−0.062	0.297**	–

Notes: Data were shown as Pearson’s correlation coefficient. *p<0.05, **p<0.01.

Abbreviations: IES, Impact of Event Scale; CHQ, Chinese Health Questionnaire.