COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to increased internet search queries for side effects on fertility potential in the initial rollout phase following Emergency Use Authorization.
COVID-19
Google Trends
fertility
infertility
vaccine
Journal
Andrologia
ISSN: 1439-0272
Titre abrégé: Andrologia
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0423506
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
revised:
25
05
2021
received:
02
04
2021
accepted:
04
06
2021
pubmed:
29
6
2021
medline:
14
9
2021
entrez:
28
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the COVID-19 vaccine on December 11, 2020 has been met with hesitancy for uptake with some citing potential impacts on future fertility. We hypothesised that irrespective of sex, fertility-related queries would markedly increase during the 48 days following EUA of the coronavirus vaccine. We sought to objectively identify trends in internet search queries on public concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccine side effects on fertility that might impact vaccine uptake. We used Google Trends to investigate queries in Google's Search Engine relating to the coronavirus vaccine and fertility between 10/24/2020 and 1/27/2021. The five most queried terms were identified as: 'COVID Vaccine Fertility', 'COVID Vaccine and Infertility', 'COVID Vaccine Infertility', 'COVID Vaccine Fertility CDC', and 'COVID 19 Vaccine Infertility' with an increase of 710.47%, 207.56%, 264.35%, 2,943.7%, and 529.26%, respectively, all p < .001. This study indicates that there was an increase in online COVID-19 vaccine-related queries regarding fertility side effects coinciding with the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on December 11, 2020. Our results objectively evidence the increased concern regarding the vaccine and likely demonstrate a major cause for hesitancy in vaccine uptake. Future studies and counselling with patients should be undertaken to help mitigate these concerns.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34181273
doi: 10.1111/and.14156
pmc: PMC8420403
doi:
Substances chimiques
COVID-19 Vaccines
0
Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e14156Informations de copyright
© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
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