COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes With Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders: Vaccine Hesitancy and Coping Style

Background: Vaccination is an important method by which to stop the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a population. Patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) have unstable immune function and receive immunosuppressive therapy frequently, so they are hardly to make a decision to receive vaccination. Our study investigated the vaccine hesitancy and coping styles in patients with NMOSD to analyze the relationship between vaccine hesitancy and coping styles, and elucidate the factors influencing vaccine hesitancy.Methods: A convenient sampling method was used to recruit participants. The Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale and Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire were used to measure the vaccine hesitancy and coping style of the participants. Pearson correlation, multiple stepwise, linear regression, and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.Results: A total of 262 NMOSD patients were investigated. The score of vaccine hesitancy in NMOSD patients is lower (21.13 ± 4.355) than 25 points which indicated the patient is not considered to have vaccine hesitancy. The score for vaccine hesitancy was negatively correlated with the confrontation and avoidance coping styles (r = −0.481 and r = 0.423). That adoption of the coping styles of confrontation and avoidance as well as the residence of the patient were predictors of vaccine hesitation in NMOSD patients (R2(adj) = 0.29, P < 0.001). In addition, the vaccine hesitancy scores of NMOSD patients residing in rural areas were significantly higher than those of patients living in urban areas (P < 0.01). Comparing with each level of education, the scores were not statistically significant in vaccine hesitancy and coping styles (P > 0.05).Conclusions: This study reveals that the NMOSD patients is not considered to have vaccine hesitancy, Patients who tend to adopt confrontation and avoidance coping styles have less vaccine hesitancy. Health authorities and medical specialist teams should strengthen effective vaccination information for patients with NMOSD, such as expert consensus or guidelines through various media to help them with decision-making. The significance of vaccination, the safety and side effects of COVID-19 vaccination and predicting of epidemiological trends of COVID-19 should be emphasized. More attention should be paid to NMOSD patients who living in rural areas.

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Influence of Parental Psychological Flexibility on Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Coping Style

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.783401 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Yongyi Wang ◽

Xinping Zhang

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Coping Style ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Psychological Flexibility ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Vaccine Hesitancy ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Serial Mediation ◽

And Coping

Background: Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy hinders the establishment of immune barrier in children. Psychological flexibility may be a key contributing factor to pediatric COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and self-efficacy and coping style play an important role in the relationship, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on parents from June 2021 to July 2021. A total of 382 parents were recruited for an online-investigation. Serial mediation models were used to examine whether self-efficacy and coping style mediated in the psychological flexibility-pediatric COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy linkage.Result: Psychological flexibility was negatively related to pediatric COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (r = −0.198, P < 0.001). Coping styles rather than self-efficacy played a mediating role independently (95% CI: −0.263 to −0.058). Serial mediation analyses indicated that self-efficacy and coping style co-play a serial mediating role in the association of psychological flexibility and pediatric COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (95% CI: −0.037 to −0.001).Conclusion: The present study showed that high psychological flexibility, high self-efficacy, and positive coping style were conducive to the lower pediatric COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

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P 855. Epidemiology of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders in Children and Adolescents

10.1055/s-0038-1675982 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Christian Lechner ◽

Matthias Baumann ◽

Eva-Maria Hennes ◽

Kathrin Schanda ◽

Markus Reindl ◽

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Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Neuromyelitis Optica ◽

Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders ◽

Spectrum Disorders

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Orphan designation: Humanised anti-IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody, Treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/cmr-973984 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Monoclonal Antibody ◽

Neuromyelitis Optica ◽

Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders ◽

Antibody Treatment ◽

Orphan Designation ◽

Monoclonal Antibody Treatment ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Receptor Monoclonal Antibody

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Spinal cord involvement in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.734959278.793556675 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mario Manto ◽

Lionel Paternoster

Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Neuromyelitis Optica ◽

Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders ◽

Spinal Cord Involvement ◽

Spectrum Disorders

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Risk communication: The roles of message appeal and coping style

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.6327 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

pp. 773-784 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mikyoung Kim ◽

Yoonhyeung Choi

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Risk Communication ◽

Coping Style ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Message Processing ◽

News Stories ◽

Emotional Appeals ◽

Main Effect ◽

Message Appeals ◽

And Coping

We examined the main effect of message appeal (emotional and logical) and coping style (monitors and blunters) and the interaction effect between the two on risk message processing outcomes. Participants were 74 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who read news stories about tornadoes, then rated their risk message processing outcomes. Results showed that emotional appeals led to a higher risk perception, probability of risk occurrence, and more accurate recognition memory than did logical appeals. Further, we found significant interaction effects between message appeal and coping style on risk perception. When message appeals were emotional, monitors perceived a higher risk and probability of risk occurrence than did blunters; however, when message appeals were logical, this difference between monitors and blunters disappeared. The findings suggest that (a) emotional appeals should be included in risk communication and (b) coping styles should be considered in effective risk communication.

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