tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine
. 2022 Aug 31;S0264-410X(22)01052-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.062. Online ahead of print.
Development and validation of a COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale for adults in the United States
Matthew L Hrin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Veronica K Emmerich[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edward H Ip[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Steven R Feldman[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
COVID-19 vaccines have been rapidly developed. However, widespread uptake remains a hurdle to a successful pandemic response. A simple, user-friendly survey to measure vaccine hesitancy may facilitate development of interventions aimed at maximizing vaccination. We developed a novel 10-item instrument designed to measure COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in adults in the United States. We recruited 232 participants through Amazon's Mechanical Turk, an online crowdsourcing platform. The internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.89) and temporal stability (r = 0.87; p < 0.001) of our survey was strong. Lower hesitancy (high scores) was associated with higher trust in physicians (r = 0.58; p < 0.001), and higher hesitancy (low scores) was reported with higher belief in conspiracies (r = -0.68; p < 0.001). The correlation between low hesitancy and reported intent to receive (or history of receiving) at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was moderate-strong (r = 0.68; p < 0.001).
Keywords: Acceptance; COVID; Coronavirus; Vaccine hesitancy.
. 2022 Aug 31;S0264-410X(22)01052-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.062. Online ahead of print.
Development and validation of a COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale for adults in the United States
Matthew L Hrin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Veronica K Emmerich[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edward H Ip[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Steven R Feldman[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36058793
- DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.062
Abstract
COVID-19 vaccines have been rapidly developed. However, widespread uptake remains a hurdle to a successful pandemic response. A simple, user-friendly survey to measure vaccine hesitancy may facilitate development of interventions aimed at maximizing vaccination. We developed a novel 10-item instrument designed to measure COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in adults in the United States. We recruited 232 participants through Amazon's Mechanical Turk, an online crowdsourcing platform. The internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.89) and temporal stability (r = 0.87; p < 0.001) of our survey was strong. Lower hesitancy (high scores) was associated with higher trust in physicians (r = 0.58; p < 0.001), and higher hesitancy (low scores) was reported with higher belief in conspiracies (r = -0.68; p < 0.001). The correlation between low hesitancy and reported intent to receive (or history of receiving) at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was moderate-strong (r = 0.68; p < 0.001).
Keywords: Acceptance; COVID; Coronavirus; Vaccine hesitancy.