PendahuluanVaricella merupakan penyakit dengan tingkat penularan tinggi yang dapat dicegahdengan vaksinasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi penerimaan orangtuaterhadap vaksinasi varicella bagi anak berusia di bawah 12 tahun, yang belumpernah diteliti di Indonesia sebelumnya.Metode Sampel penelitian merupakan orangtua yang dipilih secara consecutive sampling.Perhitungan jumlah sampel menggunakan rumus sampel tunggal. Kriteria inklusiadalah orangtua yang memiliki anak berusia di bawah 12 tahun. Kriteria eksklusiadalah orangtua yang tidak mengisi kuesioner dengan lengkap atau mengundurkandiri dari penelitian. Data ditabulasi berdasarkan usia, pendidikan, pekerjaan,penghasilan, pengetahuan, sikap, dan perilaku terhadap varicella, serta sikapterhadap vaksinasi. Uji yang digunakan adalah metode uji Chi-square untukmengetahui hubungan dari faktor tersebut dengan penerimaan terhadap vaksinasivaricella.HasilDari 113 responden, 12 (10,6%) menolak pemberian vaksinasi varicella bagi anakmereka. Terdapat 47% responden yang memiliki pengetahuan kurang, 22,1%memiliki sikap kurang, dan 4,4% memiliki perilaku kurang terhadap varicella.Terdapat pula 5,3% responden yang memiliki sikap kurang terhadap vaksinasi.Didapatkan hubungan yang signifikan antara sikap orangtua terhadap vaksinasidengan penerimaan orangtua terhadap vaksinasi varicella (p = 0,000). Tidakterdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara usia (p = 0,108), pendidikan (p = 0,627),pekerjaan (p = 0,138), penghasilan (p = 0,479), pengetahuan (p = 0,820), sikap (p= 0,460), dan perilaku terhadap varicella (p = 0,087) dengan penerimaan vaksinasivaricella.KesimpulanSikap orangtua terhadap vaksinasi memiliki hubungan yang signifikan denganpenerimaan vaksinasi varicella.

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Introduction

Varicella is a highly contagious disease that could be prevented by vaccination.

This study aims to evaluate the parents’ acceptance of vaccination for their children

under 12 years old in Indonesia, which there’s no similar study performed before.

Methods

The samples of this study were parents who were chosen by consecutive sampling.

The inclusion criterias were the parents who have children under 12 years. The

exclusion criterias are parents who did not fill all the questions or those who

resigned from the study. Data were tabulated based on age, education, occupation,

income, knowledge, attitude, and behavior towards varicella, and attitude towards

vaccination. Method used in this study to analyze the data was Chi-square test to

find correlation between those factors with varicella vaccination acceptance.

Results

Of the 113 respondents, 12 (10,6%) rejected varicella vaccination for their children.

There were 47% respondents with bad knowledge, 22,1% with bad attitude, and

4,4% with bad behavior toward varicella. There were also 5,3% respondents with

bad attitude toward vaccination. There was a significant correlation between

parental attitude toward vaccination with varicella vaccination acceptance (p =

0,000). There was no significant correlation between parental age (p = 0,108),

education (p = 0,627), occupation (p = 0,138), income (p = 0,479), knowledge (p =

0,820), attitude (p = 0,460), and behavior (p = 0,087) toward varicella with varicella

vaccination acceptance.

Conclusion Parental attitude toward vaccination have a significant correlation with varicella

vaccination acceptance.