Erinç Zeynep Özün, Eliaçık Kayı, Ince Gülberat, Kılıç Öztürk Yasemin, Elmalı Ferhan, Emir Büşra, Kanık Ali, Helvacı Mehmet
Family Medicine, İzmir Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, İzmir, TUR.
Pediatrics, İzmir Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, İzmir, TUR.
Cureus. 2022 Sep 28;14(9):e29705. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29705. eCollection 2022 Sep.
Despite significant advancements in immunization over the last century, vaccine hesitancy is a major threat to world health. Health-related information available from a variety of sources, including new media such as social media platforms, can encourage vaccine hesitancy. The aim of this study is to determine the level of vaccine hesitation among adults, specifically their belief in the advantages of vaccination and their perceptions of vaccine-related dangers in relation to social media addiction and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) anxiety.
Between December 2021 and January 2022, 454 adults participated in an online cross-sectional survey consisting of the social media use disorder scale, the vaccine hesitancy scale, and the coronavirus anxiety scale.
The results of the study revealed a strong correlation between social media addiction, vaccine hesitation, and COVID-19 anxiety.
Given the potential for misinformation to spread through social media, especially in a situation like a pandemic, the conscious use of social media should be emphasized and anti-addiction measures are required. Novel programs including online interventions should be developed to promote vaccination among social media addicts who have relatively high vaccination hesitancy.
尽管在上个世纪免疫接种取得了重大进展，但疫苗犹豫仍是对全球健康的主要威胁。包括社交媒体平台等新媒体在内的各种来源提供的与健康相关的信息，可能会助长疫苗犹豫情绪。本研究的目的是确定成年人中的疫苗犹豫程度，特别是他们对疫苗接种优势的信念以及他们对与社交媒体成瘾和2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）焦虑相关的疫苗相关危险的认知。
在2021年12月至2022年1月期间，454名成年人参与了一项在线横断面调查，该调查包括社交媒体使用障碍量表、疫苗犹豫量表和冠状病毒焦虑量表。
研究结果显示社交媒体成瘾、疫苗犹豫和COVID-19焦虑之间存在很强的相关性。
鉴于错误信息有可能通过社交媒体传播，尤其是在大流行这样的情况下，应强调对社交媒体的有意识使用，并需要采取抗成瘾措施。应制定包括在线干预在内的新计划，以促进在疫苗犹豫程度相对较高的社交媒体成瘾者中进行疫苗接种。
