Varol Tugce, Schneider Francine, Mesters Ilse, Ruiter Robert A C, Kok Gerjo, Ten Hoor Gill A
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Apr 29;10(5):704. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050704.
Although several COVID-19 vaccines are available, the current challenge is achieving high vaccine uptake. We aimed to explore university students' intention to get vaccinated and select the most relevant determinants/beliefs to facilitate informed decision making around COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
A cross-sectional online survey with students ( = 434) from Maastricht University was conducted in March 2021. The most relevant determinants/beliefs of students' COVID-19 vaccine intention (i.e., determinants linked to vaccination intention, and with enough potential for change) were visualized using CIBER plots.
Students' intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine was high (80%). Concerns about safety and side effects of the vaccine and trust in government, quality control, and the pharmaceutical industry were identified as the most relevant determinants of vaccine intention. Other determinants were risk perception, attitude, perceived norm, and self-efficacy beliefs.
Our study identified several determinants of COVID-19 vaccine intention (e.g., safety, trust, risk perception, etc.) and helped to select the most relevant determinants/beliefs to target in an intervention to maximize COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Concerns and trust related to the COVID-19 vaccine are the most important targets for future interventions. Other determinants that were already positive (i.e., risk perception, attitudes, perceived norms, and self-efficacy) could be further confirmed.
尽管有几种新冠疫苗可供使用，但当前的挑战是提高疫苗接种率。我们旨在探讨大学生接种疫苗的意愿，并选择最相关的决定因素/信念，以促进围绕新冠疫苗接种的明智决策。
2021年3月对马斯特里赫特大学的学生（n = 434）进行了一项横断面在线调查。使用CIBER图直观展示了学生新冠疫苗接种意愿最相关的决定因素/信念（即与接种意愿相关且有足够改变潜力的决定因素）。
学生接种新冠疫苗的意愿较高（80%）。对疫苗安全性和副作用的担忧以及对政府、质量控制和制药行业的信任被确定为疫苗接种意愿最相关的决定因素。其他决定因素包括风险认知、态度、感知规范和自我效能信念。
我们的研究确定了新冠疫苗接种意愿的几个决定因素（如安全性、信任、风险认知等），并有助于选择在干预中针对的最相关决定因素/信念，以最大限度地提高新冠疫苗接种率。与新冠疫苗相关的担忧和信任是未来干预的最重要目标。其他已经呈积极状态的决定因素（即风险认知、态度、感知规范和自我效能）可以进一步得到证实。
