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The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that health denialism might be an important determinant of adherence to preventive measures during epidemic challenges. Conspiracy beliefs seem to be one of the most visible manifestations of denialism in society. Despite intensive efforts to promote COVID-19 vaccinati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15603-0 |
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author | Kowalska-Duplaga, Kinga Duplaga, Mariusz |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that health denialism might be an important determinant of adherence to preventive measures during epidemic challenges. Conspiracy beliefs seem to be one of the most visible manifestations of denialism in society. Despite intensive efforts to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, the number of citizens reluctant to get vaccinated was very large in many countries. The main aim of this study was the analysis of the association between the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination and conspiracy beliefs among adult Internet users in Poland. The analysis was based on data from a survey performed on a sample of 2008 respondents in October 2021. Uni- and multivariable logistic regression models were applied to evaluate the association between attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination and generic conspiracist, vaccine-conspiracy, and COVID-19-related conspiracy beliefs. In the multivariable model, the effect of conspiracy beliefs was adjusted for the level of vaccine hesitancy, future anxiety, political sympathies, and socio-demographic variables. Univariate regression models showed that COVID-19 vaccination acceptance is significantly lower among respondents with higher levels of all three types of conspiracy beliefs. In the multivariable model, the effect of COVID-19-related and vaccine conspiracy beliefs, but not generic conspiracist beliefs, was maintained after adjusting for vaccine hesitancy. We conclude that conspiracy beliefs should be treated as a potential indicator of lower adherence to preventive measures during epidemic challenges. The respondents revealing a high level of conspirational thinking are a potential group for intensified actions which employ health educational and motivational interventions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15603-0. |
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spelling | pubmed-100881152023-04-12 The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study Kowalska-Duplaga, Kinga Duplaga, Mariusz BMC Public Health Research The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that health denialism might be an important determinant of adherence to preventive measures during epidemic challenges. Conspiracy beliefs seem to be one of the most visible manifestations of denialism in society. Despite intensive efforts to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, the number of citizens reluctant to get vaccinated was very large in many countries. The main aim of this study was the analysis of the association between the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination and conspiracy beliefs among adult Internet users in Poland. The analysis was based on data from a survey performed on a sample of 2008 respondents in October 2021. Uni- and multivariable logistic regression models were applied to evaluate the association between attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination and generic conspiracist, vaccine-conspiracy, and COVID-19-related conspiracy beliefs. In the multivariable model, the effect of conspiracy beliefs was adjusted for the level of vaccine hesitancy, future anxiety, political sympathies, and socio-demographic variables. Univariate regression models showed that COVID-19 vaccination acceptance is significantly lower among respondents with higher levels of all three types of conspiracy beliefs. In the multivariable model, the effect of COVID-19-related and vaccine conspiracy beliefs, but not generic conspiracist beliefs, was maintained after adjusting for vaccine hesitancy. We conclude that conspiracy beliefs should be treated as a potential indicator of lower adherence to preventive measures during epidemic challenges. The respondents revealing a high level of conspirational thinking are a potential group for intensified actions which employ health educational and motivational interventions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15603-0. BioMed Central 2023-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10088115/ /pubmed/37041546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15603-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Kowalska-Duplaga, Kinga Duplaga, Mariusz The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study |
title | The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of covid-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15603-0 |
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