FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku, Turun Yliopisto, 20014, Finland.
Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
BMC Public Health. 2023 Apr 25;23(1):764. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15653-4.
The current study sought to determine whether public perceptions of other vaccines and diseases than COVID-19 have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We longitudinally examined whether there had been a change from before the COVID-19 pandemic to during the pandemic in: (a) influenza vaccination behaviour and intentions; (b) the perceived benefit of childhood vaccines and influenza vaccines; (c) the perceived safety of childhood vaccines and influenza vaccines; (d) the perceived severity of measles and influenza; and (e) trust in healthcare professionals in two samples of Finnish adults (N = 205 in Study 1 and N = 197 in Study 2). The findings showed that during the pandemic, more people than before had received or wanted to receive the influenza vaccine. The respondents also believed that influenza was more dangerous during the pandemic and that vaccinations were safer and more beneficial. On the other hand, for childhood vaccines only perceived safety increased. Finally, in one of the studies, people had more confidence in medical professionals during the pandemic than they had before. Together, these findings imply a spillover of the COVID-19 pandemic on how people view other vaccines and illnesses.
本研究旨在确定 COVID-19 大流行是否影响了公众对其他疫苗和疾病的看法。我们纵向研究了在 COVID-19 大流行前后是否发生了以下变化：（a）流感疫苗接种行为和意愿；（b）儿童疫苗和流感疫苗的感知益处；（c）儿童疫苗和流感疫苗的感知安全性；（d）麻疹和流感的感知严重性；（e）在两个芬兰成年人样本中对医疗保健专业人员的信任（研究 1 中为 205 人，研究 2 中为 197 人）。研究结果表明，在大流行期间，比之前有更多的人接种或想要接种流感疫苗。受访者还认为，流感在大流行期间更危险，疫苗接种更安全，更有益。另一方面，对于儿童疫苗，只有感知安全性增加了。最后，在其中一项研究中，人们在大流行期间对医疗专业人员的信心比对大流行前更高。总的来说，这些发现表明 COVID-19 大流行对人们如何看待其他疫苗和疾病产生了溢出效应。
