Escala de creencias hacia las vacunas y hacia la vacuna contra el SARS-CoV-2: Evidencia de sus propiedades psicométricas / Psychometric properties of two surveys about beliefs towards vaccines in general and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
Rev. med. Chile
; 150(10): 1299-1309, oct. 2022. ilus, tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-1431860
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CL126.2
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Negative beliefs about vaccines can threaten herd immunity and pandemic control. Although beliefs about vaccines influence vaccination intention, there are no valid instruments that evaluate this in the Latin American population.AIM:
To evaluate the psychometric properties of two scales that measure negative beliefs towards vaccines in general and against SARS-CoV-2 and provide evidence of their association with vaccination intention (convergent validity) in a Chilean sample. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Two studies were carried out. The first included 263 people who answered the beliefs towards vaccines in general scale (CV-G) and the beliefs towards the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine scale (CV-COVID). Exploratory factor analyses were conducted. In the second study, 601 people answered the same scales. Confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling were performed to provide evidence of validity.RESULTS:
Both scales had an unifactorial structure and excellent reliability and showed associations with the intention of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, providing evidence of convergent validity.CONCLUSIONS:
The scales evaluated here are reliable and valid measures that showed associations with vaccination intention in the Chilean population.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
Health problem:
Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Target 3.4: Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
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Pneumonia
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. med. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Católica de Temuco/CL