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Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Austria: trust and the government.
Schernhammer, Eva; Weitzer, Jakob; Laubichler, Manfred D; Birmann, Brenda M; Bertau, Martin; Zenk, Lukas; Caniglia, Guido; Jäger, Carlo C; Steiner, Gerald.
  • Schernhammer E; Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Weitzer J; Complexity Science Hub, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
  • Laubichler MD; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Birmann BM; Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Bertau M; Complexity Science Hub, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
  • Zenk L; School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
  • Caniglia G; Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
  • Jäger CC; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Steiner G; Institute for Technical Chemistry, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 09599 Freiberg, Germany.
J Public Health (Oxf) ; 44(1): e106-e116, 2022 03 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1216674
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surging and new mutations evolving, trust in vaccines is essential.

METHODS:

We explored correlates of vaccine hesitancy, considering political believes and psychosocial concepts, conducting a non-probability quota-sampled online survey with 1007 Austrians.

RESULTS:

We identified several important correlates of vaccine hesitancy, ranging from demographics to complex factors such as voting behavior or trust in the government. Among those with hesitancy towards a COVID-19 vaccine, having voted for opposition parties (opp) or not voted (novote) were (95% Confidence Intervall (CI)opp, 1.44-2.95) to 2.25-times (95%CInovote, 1.53-3.30) that of having voted for governing parties. Only 46.2% trusted the Austrian government to provide safe vaccines, and 80.7% requested independent scientific evaluations regarding vaccine safety to increase willingness to vaccine.

CONCLUSIONS:

Contrary to expected, psychosocial dimensions were only weakly correlated with vaccine hesitancy. However, the strong correlation between distrust in the vaccine and distrust in authorities suggests a common cause of disengagement from public discourse.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Vaccines / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: J Public Health (Oxf) Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Pubmed

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Vaccines / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: J Public Health (Oxf) Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Pubmed