PMID- 34955529
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220105
LR  - 20220105
IS  - 2325-4416 (Electronic)
IS  - 2325-4394 (Linking)
VI  - 27
DP  - 2021 Dec 27
TI  - A National Cross-Sectional Study from the Republic of Kosovo on Lot Quality 
      Assurance Sampling (LQAS) to Evaluate the Vaccination Status of Children Between 
      12 and 24 Months of Age During 2018 to 2020.
PG  - e934194
AB  - BACKGROUND In the Republic of Kosovo, full vaccination status in children under 
      age 2 years includes: 1 dose of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) hepatitis B virus 
      (HBV) vaccine; 3 doses of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, polio, and 
      Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) vaccine; 3 doses of inactivated 
      polio vaccine (IPV); and 1 dose of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Lot 
      quality assurance sampling (LQAS) is a method used to assess the performance of 
      health quality indicators. MATERIAL AND METHODS A national cross-sectional study 
      with children aged between 12 and 24 months from Kosovo was performed between 
      2018 and 2020. The vaccination status of children was assessed with lot quality 
      assurance sampling (LQAS) using randomized samples. RESULTS Among 430 children, 
      more than 90% had completed the full immunization schedule. Delays in children's 
      immunizations were observed. Most vaccinations showed short delays of less than 1 
      month, followed by delays of up to 3 months. The main reason for vaccination 
      delay was the COVID-19 pandemic, following by child's illness at the scheduled 
      time of vaccination or the parents were too busy to take the child to the 
      vaccination site. Meanwhile, child age was the only parameter that showed 
      difference among non-vaccinated and fully vaccinated (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS LQAS 
      analysis showed that between 2018 and 2020 lack of full immunization was due to 
      delay caused by the parent not taking the child to the vaccination site, which 
      may be prevented by improving information given to parents and the use of 
      vaccination reminders.
FAU - Gllareva, Bashkim Bejte
AU  - Gllareva BB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2938-8996
AD  - Department fo Family Medicine, Social Medicine and Occupational Medicine, 
      University of Prishtina, Faculty of Medicine, Prishtina, Kosovo.
FAU - Humolli, Isme
AU  - Humolli I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5922-5322
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, University of Prishtina, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Prishtina, Kosovo.
FAU - Rudhani, Ibrahim
AU  - Rudhani I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7522-6299
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Prishtina, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Prishtina, Kosovo.
FAU - Jakupi, Xhevat
AU  - Jakupi X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9453-596X
AD  - Department of Microbiology, University of Prishtina, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Prishtina, Kosovo.
FAU - Rexhepi, Jon
AU  - Rexhepi J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8103-5955
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Clinical Hospital Service University of Kosovo 
      (SHSKUK), Prishtina, Kosovo.
FAU - Metaj, Tringa
AU  - Metaj T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8713-1956
AD  - Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation , Clinical Hospital Service 
      University of Kosovo (SHSKUK), Prishtina, Kosovo.
FAU - Kafexholli, Ardita
AU  - Kafexholli A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9107-685X
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, Main Center of Family Medicine (QKMF-Prishtine), 
      Prishtina, Kosovo.
FAU - Sopi, Vlora
AU  - Sopi V
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8730-686X
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Hospital Service University of Kosovo 
      (SHSKUK), Prishtina, Kosovo.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211227
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Sci Monit Basic Res
JT  - Medical science monitor basic research
JID - 101597444
RN  - 0 (Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - *COVID-19
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunization/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Immunization Schedule
MH  - Infant
MH  - Kosovo/epidemiology
MH  - Lot Quality Assurance Sampling
MH  - Male
MH  - Pandemics
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
MH  - Vaccination/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Vaccination Coverage/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Vaccination Hesitancy
MH  - Vaccines/*administration & dosage
EDAT- 2021/12/28 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/06 06:00
CRDT- 2021/12/27 06:17
PHST- 2021/12/27 06:17 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/12/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - 934194 [pii]
PST - epublish
SO  - Med Sci Monit Basic Res. 2021 Dec 27;27:e934194.