Sobierajski Tomasz, Rzymski Piotr, Wanke-Rytt Monika
Center of Sociomedical Research, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization, University of Warsaw, 26/28 Krakowskie Przedmieście Str., 00-927 Warsaw, Poland.
Department of Environmental Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jun 6;11(6):1069. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11061069.
The study explored the association between individuals' attitudes toward vaccination and their actual vaccination behavior. We also examined the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the ongoing vaccination debate on changing attitudes towards vaccination, specifically within different demographic groups. The survey was conducted among a representative sample of Poles ( = 805) using computer-assisted web interview (CAWI) technology. As demonstrated, those who identified themselves as strong vaccine supporters were statistically significantly more frequently to be vaccinated with COVID-19 booster doses, to follow a physician's recommendation on any vaccine without hesitation, and to be strengthened in their confidence in vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic ( < 0.001 for all). However, over half of the responders declared themselves as moderate vaccine supporters/opponents, the groups whose further attitudes are likely to be affected by (mis)communication. Importantly, more than half of moderate vaccine supporters declared that their vaccine confidence was weakened during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 43% were not vaccinated against COVID-19. In addition, the study demonstrated that older and better-educated individuals were more likely to be COVID-19-vaccinated ( < 0.001 and = 0.013, respectively). The results of this study imply that, in order to improve vaccine acceptance, it is essential to strengthen public health communication and avoid communication errors conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
该研究探讨了个人对疫苗接种的态度与其实际疫苗接种行为之间的关联。我们还研究了2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行以及正在进行的疫苗接种辩论对改变人们对疫苗接种态度的影响，特别是在不同人口群体中的影响。这项调查是通过计算机辅助网络访谈（CAWI）技术，在波兰人的代表性样本（n = 805）中进行的。结果表明，那些自认为是坚定疫苗支持者的人在统计学上更频繁地接种COVID-19加强针，毫不犹豫地遵循医生对任何疫苗的建议，并且在COVID-19大流行期间对疫苗的信心增强（所有p < 0.001）。然而，超过一半的受访者自称是中度疫苗支持者/反对者，这些群体的进一步态度可能会受到（错误）沟通的影响。重要的是，超过一半的中度疫苗支持者表示他们在COVID-19大流行期间对疫苗的信心减弱，而43%的人未接种COVID-19疫苗。此外，研究表明年龄较大和受教育程度较高的人更有可能接种COVID-19疫苗（分别为p < 0.001和p = 0.013）。这项研究的结果表明，为了提高疫苗接种率，加强公共卫生沟通并避免在COVID-19大流行期间出现沟通失误至关重要。
