The COVID-19 vaccine concerns scale: Development and validation of a new measure

Autor: Megan E. Gregory, Sarah R. MacEwan, Jonathan R. Powell, Jaclyn Volney, Jordan D. Kurth, Eben Kenah, Ashish R. Panchal, Ann Scheck McAlearney
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 18, Iss 5 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2164-5515
2164-554X
21645515
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2050105
Popis: Reasons for COVID-19 hesitancy are multi-faceted and tend to differ from those for general vaccine hesitancy. We developed the COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns Scale (CVCS), a self-report measure intended to better understand individuals’ concerns about COVID-19 vaccines. We validated the scale using data from a convenience sample of 2,281 emergency medical services providers, a group of professionals with high occupational COVID-19 risk. Measures included the CVCS items, an adapted Oxford COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale, a general vaccine hesitancy scale, demographics, and self-reported COVID-19 vaccination status. The CVCS had high internal consistency reliability (α = .89). A one-factor structure was determined by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA), resulting in a seven-item scale. The model had good fit (X2[14] = 189.26, p
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