Relationship between double COVID-19 vaccine uptake and trust in effectiveness and safety of vaccination in general in 23 Member states of the European Union: an ecological study.
Vaccine
; 40(32): 4334-4338, 2022 07 30.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1972348
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between double COVID-19 vaccine uptake and trust in effectiveness and safety of vaccination in general in 23 European Union (EU) countries.METHODS:
Ecological study. Data was retrieved from the Flash Eurobarometer 494 and Our World in Data. We estimated Pearson's correlation coefficients and fitted multiple linear regression models.RESULTS:
There is a negative linear correlation between the percentage of people doubly vaccinated and the percentage of low trust in vaccine effectiveness (r = -0.48, p-value = 0.021), and the percentage of low trust in vaccine safety (r = -0.43, p-value = 0.041). There is a negative adjusted relation between the percentage of low trust in vaccine safety and the percentage of people doubly vaccinated (aß% low trust in vaccinesafety-0.25; 95% CI -0.49,-0.01, p-value = 0.045).CONCLUSION:
An increase in health literacy of people living in certain countries in the EU may be needed to boost COVID-19 vaccine uptake.Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Vaccine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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