Wang Zixin, Fang Yuan, Yu Fuk-Yuen, Chan Paul Shing-Fong, Chen Siyu
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Department of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 May 6;10(5):732. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050732.
COVID-19 vaccination is proven to be effective and safe for older adults. This study investigated the impacts of incentives and health promotional materials provided by the government on the completion of the primary COVID-19 vaccination series among older adults in Hong Kong. Participants were Chinese-speaking community-dwelling adults aged ≥65 years. Telephone numbers were randomly selected from up-to-date Hong Kong telephone directories. A total of 440 participants completed the telephone interview. Logistic regression models were fitted. Among the participants, 58.4% had completed the primary COVID-19 vaccination series. Most participants believed that incentives provided by the government had almost no impact on increasing their motivation to receive COVID-19 vaccination, and less than half thought that vaccination promotional materials produced by the government could address their concerns and help them make decisions. After adjustment for significant background characteristics, we found perceived higher impacts of the incentives and belief that vaccination promotional materials produced by the government could address their concern and were helpful for them to make decisions to be associated with a higher rate of completion of primary COVID-19 vaccination series. Perceptions supporting COVID-19 vaccination and less decisional conflict regarding the choice of vaccine were also positively associated with the dependent variable. Government should develop incentives and health promotional materials tailored to the needs of older adults.
事实证明，新冠疫苗接种对老年人是有效且安全的。本研究调查了政府提供的激励措施和健康宣传材料对香港老年人完成新冠疫苗基础免疫接种系列的影响。参与者为年龄≥65岁、讲中文的社区居住成年人。电话号码从最新的香港电话簿中随机选取。共有440名参与者完成了电话访谈。拟合了逻辑回归模型。在参与者中，58.4%完成了新冠疫苗基础免疫接种系列。大多数参与者认为政府提供的激励措施对提高他们接种新冠疫苗的积极性几乎没有影响，不到一半的人认为政府制作的疫苗接种宣传材料能够解决他们的担忧并帮助他们做出决定。在对显著的背景特征进行调整后，我们发现，认为激励措施影响更大以及相信政府制作的疫苗接种宣传材料能够解决他们的担忧并有助于他们做出决定，与更高的新冠疫苗基础免疫接种系列完成率相关。支持新冠疫苗接种的认知以及在疫苗选择上较少的决策冲突也与因变量呈正相关。政府应制定针对老年人需求的激励措施和健康宣传材料。
