Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study

Widespread population vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is a matter of great interest to public health as it is the main pharmacological measure to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Hesitancy/reluctance to vaccination has become a main barrier to containing the pandemic. Young adults are the age...

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Authors: Mateo Canedo, Corel, Sanabria-Mazo, Juan P., Comendador, Laura, Rojas, Juan Sebastián, Carmona Cervelló, Meritxell, Crespo Puig, Neus, Anyosa, Fiorella, Selva, Clara, Feliu-Soler, Albert, Cardoner, Narcis, Deus, Juan, Luciano, Juan Vicente, Méndez Martínez, Jorge Luis, Sanz, Antoni
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repository:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/149172
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/149172
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100301
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:COVID-19
hesitancy
reluctance
vaccination
attitudes
beliefs
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spelling Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID studyMateo Canedo, CorelSanabria-Mazo, Juan P.Comendador, LauraRojas, Juan SebastiánCarmona Cervelló, MeritxellCrespo Puig, Neus Anyosa, FiorellaSelva, ClaraFeliu-Soler, AlbertCardoner, NarcisDeus, JuanLuciano, Juan VicenteMéndez Martínez, Jorge LuisSanz, AntoniCOVID-19hesitancyreluctancevaccinationattitudesbeliefsWidespread population vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is a matter of great interest to public health as it is the main pharmacological measure to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Hesitancy/reluctance to vaccination has become a main barrier to containing the pandemic. Young adults are the age group with the greatest resistance to vaccination, even in countries with the highest vaccination rates during this pandemic. The objective of this study was to identify the main predictive factors of vaccination intention and profile people with hesitancy/reluctance to vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults living in Spain during the pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the administration of an online survey (PSY-COVID-2) that evaluated the intention of vaccination together with a wide range of sociodemographic, social, cognitive, behavioral and affective variables in a sample of 2210 young adults. 14% of the sample showed hesitancy/reluctance to vaccination at the beginning of their vaccination campaign. A total of 35 factors were associated (small to medium effect sizes) with the intention to get vaccinated. A reduced set of 4 attitudinal and social variables explained 41% of the variability in vaccination intention: attitude to the vaccination, trust in health staff/scientists, conspiracy beliefs about SARS-CoV-2 and time spent being informed about COVID-19. These variables showed good sensitivity/specificity for classifying people as reluctant/not reluctant to vaccination, properly classifying 86% of people. Psychosocial processes related to attitudes, trust and information are the main predictors of vaccination intention in a highly reluctant group such as the young adult population.Elsevier202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/149172https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100301reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésVaccine: X, 2023, 14, 1-8.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100301CC BYhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/1491722026-05-28T12:42:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
title Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
spellingShingle Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
Mateo Canedo, Corel
COVID-19
hesitancy
reluctance
vaccination
attitudes
beliefs
title_short Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
title_full Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
title_fullStr Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
title_full_unstemmed Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
title_sort Predictive factors of hesitancy to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults in Spain: Results from the PSY-COVID study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mateo Canedo, Corel
Sanabria-Mazo, Juan P.
Comendador, Laura
Rojas, Juan Sebastián
Carmona Cervelló, Meritxell
Crespo Puig, Neus
Anyosa, Fiorella
Selva, Clara
Feliu-Soler, Albert
Cardoner, Narcis
Deus, Juan
Luciano, Juan Vicente
Méndez Martínez, Jorge Luis
Sanz, Antoni
author Mateo Canedo, Corel
author_facet Mateo Canedo, Corel
Sanabria-Mazo, Juan P.
Comendador, Laura
Rojas, Juan Sebastián
Carmona Cervelló, Meritxell
Crespo Puig, Neus
Anyosa, Fiorella
Selva, Clara
Feliu-Soler, Albert
Cardoner, Narcis
Deus, Juan
Luciano, Juan Vicente
Méndez Martínez, Jorge Luis
Sanz, Antoni
author_role author
author2 Sanabria-Mazo, Juan P.
Comendador, Laura
Rojas, Juan Sebastián
Carmona Cervelló, Meritxell
Crespo Puig, Neus
Anyosa, Fiorella
Selva, Clara
Feliu-Soler, Albert
Cardoner, Narcis
Deus, Juan
Luciano, Juan Vicente
Méndez Martínez, Jorge Luis
Sanz, Antoni
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
hesitancy
reluctance
vaccination
attitudes
beliefs
topic COVID-19
hesitancy
reluctance
vaccination
attitudes
beliefs
description Widespread population vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is a matter of great interest to public health as it is the main pharmacological measure to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Hesitancy/reluctance to vaccination has become a main barrier to containing the pandemic. Young adults are the age group with the greatest resistance to vaccination, even in countries with the highest vaccination rates during this pandemic. The objective of this study was to identify the main predictive factors of vaccination intention and profile people with hesitancy/reluctance to vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2 virus in young adults living in Spain during the pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the administration of an online survey (PSY-COVID-2) that evaluated the intention of vaccination together with a wide range of sociodemographic, social, cognitive, behavioral and affective variables in a sample of 2210 young adults. 14% of the sample showed hesitancy/reluctance to vaccination at the beginning of their vaccination campaign. A total of 35 factors were associated (small to medium effect sizes) with the intention to get vaccinated. A reduced set of 4 attitudinal and social variables explained 41% of the variability in vaccination intention: attitude to the vaccination, trust in health staff/scientists, conspiracy beliefs about SARS-CoV-2 and time spent being informed about COVID-19. These variables showed good sensitivity/specificity for classifying people as reluctant/not reluctant to vaccination, properly classifying 86% of people. Psychosocial processes related to attitudes, trust and information are the main predictors of vaccination intention in a highly reluctant group such as the young adult population.
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