Çelik, TaylanDoğan, Durmuş2025-01-272025-01-2720231307-1068https://doi.org/10.5578/ced.20239805https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/13539Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the attitudes of parents who have children with type 1 diabetes mellitus to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19. Material and Methods: The target population of the study consisted of 124 parents of children followed in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Hospital, Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic with the diagnosis of type 1 di-abetes. We used an online questionnaire to determine the attitudes of parents. Results: A total of 102 parents, 76 of whom were mothers, were included in the study. Mean age of the parents was 40.5 ± 7.27, and children were 12 ± 4.07. Mean duration elapsed since the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes was 4.5 ± 3.3 years. About half of the parents thought that type 1 diabetes mellitus was a risk factor for COVID-19. While the rate of parents who were not vaccinated for COVID-19 was 21.6%, 46.1% were hesitant to vaccinate their children. The parental-related factors causing vaccine hesitation were fathers, young parents, those who weren’t worried about their children being infected with COVID-19, did not think children with type 1 diabetes mellitus were more at risk, or were unvaccinated. Child-related factors were young age or short duration of illness. In qual-itative analysis, vaccination-hesitant parents’ main concern was vaccine side effects, and they expected clear evidence-based confidence-build-ing recommendations for vaccination. Conclusion: In conclusion, it is seen that especially young parents, whose children are small or newly diagnosed, will have problems in their motivation about vaccination. © 2023 by Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunization Society.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCOVID-19; Diabetes mellitus type 1; vaccinationArticle172e108e11510.5578/ced.202398052-s2.0-85164274978Q4