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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother
. 2025 Dec;21(1):2477954.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2477954. Epub 2025 Mar 11. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers and the general population in Saudi Arabia: A meta-analysis
Salah Alshagrawi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ahmed Hazazi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
We aim to identify how the seasonal IVRs have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. We conducted a meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies to statistically examine IVRs before and after the COVID-19 pandemic among the general population and HCWs in Saudi Arabia. The meta-regression analysis showed a significant correlation among the general population was observed between the IVR and the timing of the study, with a mean effect size estimate of 14.3 (95% CI = 5.7-22.9; p < .001). Among HCWs, no significant relationship was observed between the IVR and the timing of the study, with a mean effect size estimate of 6.7 (95% CI = -19.3-32.7; p = .5). COVID-19 might have contributed to a rise in IVR among HCWs, whereas the general population has seen a decline in IVR.
Keywords: COVID-19; Influenza vaccine; healthcare workers; meta-analysis; vaccination rate; vaccine hesitancy.
. 2025 Dec;21(1):2477954.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2477954. Epub 2025 Mar 11. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers and the general population in Saudi Arabia: A meta-analysis
Salah Alshagrawi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ahmed Hazazi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 40068961
- PMCID: PMC11901379
- DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2477954
We aim to identify how the seasonal IVRs have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. We conducted a meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies to statistically examine IVRs before and after the COVID-19 pandemic among the general population and HCWs in Saudi Arabia. The meta-regression analysis showed a significant correlation among the general population was observed between the IVR and the timing of the study, with a mean effect size estimate of 14.3 (95% CI = 5.7-22.9; p < .001). Among HCWs, no significant relationship was observed between the IVR and the timing of the study, with a mean effect size estimate of 6.7 (95% CI = -19.3-32.7; p = .5). COVID-19 might have contributed to a rise in IVR among HCWs, whereas the general population has seen a decline in IVR.
Keywords: COVID-19; Influenza vaccine; healthcare workers; meta-analysis; vaccination rate; vaccine hesitancy.