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Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians
The implementation of a vaccine against COVID-19 is one of the most important health strategies to mitigate the spread of the disease. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and its predictors in older Peruvian adults. This is a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372681/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43076-021-00099-7 |
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author | Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás Tomás, José M. Carbajal-León, Carlos Vilca, Lindsey W. Reyes-Bossio, Mario Intimayta-Escalante, Claudio Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea Saroli-Araníbar, Daniela Esteban, Renzo Felipe Carranza White, Michael |
author_facet | Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás Tomás, José M. Carbajal-León, Carlos Vilca, Lindsey W. Reyes-Bossio, Mario Intimayta-Escalante, Claudio Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea Saroli-Araníbar, Daniela Esteban, Renzo Felipe Carranza White, Michael |
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description | The implementation of a vaccine against COVID-19 is one of the most important health strategies to mitigate the spread of the disease. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and its predictors in older Peruvian adults. This is a cross-sectional study, where information was collected through an online survey regarding vaccination intention of the participants, as well as sociodemographic and psychological variables. A multiple regression analysis was applied to identify predictors of intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We evaluated 245 participants, who had a mean age of 72.74 years old (SD = 6.66). 65.5% of these older adults expressed a high likelihood of accepting vaccination, while 20.9% expressed a low likelihood of accepting vaccination, and 13.6% were hesitant. Eleven predictors were identified that explained 66.69% of the intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. This identified place of residence, perceived likelihood of contracting COVID-19, severity of previous infection with COVID-19, fear of the disease, previous refusal of a vaccine, concerns about vaccine sales and speculation, and trust toward vaccines against COVID-19, as the main predictors. Our results show that confidence in vaccines and previous vaccine refusal are relevant predictors of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in older adults; these findings may be useful to guide the development of campaigns for the immunization of this vulnerable group in the current pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-83726812021-08-19 Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás Tomás, José M. Carbajal-León, Carlos Vilca, Lindsey W. Reyes-Bossio, Mario Intimayta-Escalante, Claudio Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea Saroli-Araníbar, Daniela Esteban, Renzo Felipe Carranza White, Michael Trends in Psychol. Original Article The implementation of a vaccine against COVID-19 is one of the most important health strategies to mitigate the spread of the disease. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and its predictors in older Peruvian adults. This is a cross-sectional study, where information was collected through an online survey regarding vaccination intention of the participants, as well as sociodemographic and psychological variables. A multiple regression analysis was applied to identify predictors of intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We evaluated 245 participants, who had a mean age of 72.74 years old (SD = 6.66). 65.5% of these older adults expressed a high likelihood of accepting vaccination, while 20.9% expressed a low likelihood of accepting vaccination, and 13.6% were hesitant. Eleven predictors were identified that explained 66.69% of the intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. This identified place of residence, perceived likelihood of contracting COVID-19, severity of previous infection with COVID-19, fear of the disease, previous refusal of a vaccine, concerns about vaccine sales and speculation, and trust toward vaccines against COVID-19, as the main predictors. Our results show that confidence in vaccines and previous vaccine refusal are relevant predictors of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in older adults; these findings may be useful to guide the development of campaigns for the immunization of this vulnerable group in the current pandemic. Springer International Publishing 2021-08-18 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8372681/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43076-021-00099-7 Text en © Associação Brasileira de Psicologia 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás Tomás, José M. Carbajal-León, Carlos Vilca, Lindsey W. Reyes-Bossio, Mario Intimayta-Escalante, Claudio Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea Saroli-Araníbar, Daniela Esteban, Renzo Felipe Carranza White, Michael Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians |
title | Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians |
title_full | Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians |
title_fullStr | Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians |
title_full_unstemmed | Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians |
title_short | Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Intention to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in Elderly Peruvians |
title_sort | sociodemographic and psychological predictors of intention to receive a covid-19 vaccine in elderly peruvians |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372681/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43076-021-00099-7 |
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