COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Poland—Multifactorial Impact Trajectories

Vaccines

Łukasz Szczerbiński¹  Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska²  Paweł Sowa³  Karol Kamiński³  Marlena Paniczko³  Maciej Alimowski⁴  Łukasz Kiszkiel⁵  Piotr Paweł Laskowski⁵ 

[1] Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland;Department of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Białystok, Poland;Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 13A, 15-089 Białystok, Poland;Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Bialystok, 15-403 Bialystok, Poland;Society and Cognition Unit, University of Bialystok, 15-403 Bialystok, Poland;

关键词: vaccine hesitancy;    COVID-19;    vaccine acceptability;    SARS-CoV-2;   

DOI  :  10.3390/vaccines9080876

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Since the declaration of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic confirmed by World Health Organization, work on the development of vaccines has been stimulated. When vaccines are commonly available, a major problem is persistent vaccine hesitancy in many European countries. The main goal of our study was to understand the multidimensional factors inducing this phenomenon in Poland. Our study was carried out at the third wave’s peak of the pandemic, with record rates of daily cases and deaths associated with COVID-19. The results indicate that vaccine hesitancy/acceptability should always be considered in an interdisciplinary manner and according to identified factors where most negative attitudes could be altered. Our analyses included the assessment of a representative quota sample of adult Poles (N = 1000). The vaccine hesitancy in the studied group reached 49.2%. We performed stepwise logistic regression modeling to analyze variables set into six trajectories (groups) predicting the willingness to vaccinate. Apart from typical, socio-demographic and economic determinants, we identified the fear of vaccines’ side effects, beliefs in conspiracy theories and physical fitness. We were also able to establish the order of importance of factors used in a full model of all impact trajectories.

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