The relationship between complications of the Pentavalent vaccine with the mother's education in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2015

Introduction: Researches have shown that higher education of the parents has a positive effect on the health conditions of the child. This study was performed to determine the relationship between mother's education level and pentavalent vaccine complications. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study, 676children revaccinated with the vaccine pentavalent attending to healthcare centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences from June to 30 December 2015. There were examples of both sexes and 2-6 month age group. To collect information, a questionnaire after completing the profile of the child and receive phone calls by vaccinator was delivered to the parents. Up to a week all the side effects observed in children are marked and returned to the vaccination center. Data were analyzed with the use of descriptive statistics in software SPSS. Ethical issues were all considered. Results: 2.4% of the mothers were illiterate and 36.4% had university education. The most common side effects included fever, pain, restlessness and induration. Among the complications studied, only fever, pain and restlessness were associated with maternal education and was lower significantly in children whose mothers were university education (P=0.001). Conclusion: In this research that fever, pain and restlessness symptoms are rarely found in children with higher levels of maternal education, can be concluded that these mothers report vaccine side effects more accurate and reliable

کلیدواژه ها:

Complications of vaccine ، Pentavalent ، Mother's education