Cargando…
Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
Background: Although several COVID-19 vaccines are available, the current challenge is achieving high vaccine uptake. We aimed to explore university students’ intention to get vaccinated and select the most relevant determinants/beliefs to facilitate informed decision making around COVID-19 vaccine...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9144240/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35632460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050704 |
_version_ | 1784716000764100608 |
---|---|
author | Varol, Tugce Schneider, Francine Mesters, Ilse Ruiter, Robert A. C. Kok, Gerjo Ten Hoor, Gill A. |
author_facet | Varol, Tugce Schneider, Francine Mesters, Ilse Ruiter, Robert A. C. Kok, Gerjo Ten Hoor, Gill A. |
author_sort | Varol, Tugce |
collection | PubMed |
description | Background: Although several COVID-19 vaccines are available, the current challenge is achieving high vaccine uptake. We aimed to explore university students’ intention to get vaccinated and select the most relevant determinants/beliefs to facilitate informed decision making around COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey with students (N = 434) from Maastricht University was conducted in March 2021. The most relevant determinants/beliefs of students’ COVID-19 vaccine intention (i.e., determinants linked to vaccination intention, and with enough potential for change) were visualized using CIBER plots. Results: Students’ intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine was high (80%). Concerns about safety and side effects of the vaccine and trust in government, quality control, and the pharmaceutical industry were identified as the most relevant determinants of vaccine intention. Other determinants were risk perception, attitude, perceived norm, and self-efficacy beliefs. Conclusion: Our study identified several determinants of COVID-19 vaccine intention (e.g., safety, trust, risk perception, etc.) and helped to select the most relevant determinants/beliefs to target in an intervention to maximize COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Concerns and trust related to the COVID-19 vaccine are the most important targets for future interventions. Other determinants that were already positive (i.e., risk perception, attitudes, perceived norms, and self-efficacy) could be further confirmed. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9144240 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-91442402022-05-29 Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Varol, Tugce Schneider, Francine Mesters, Ilse Ruiter, Robert A. C. Kok, Gerjo Ten Hoor, Gill A. Vaccines (Basel) Article Background: Although several COVID-19 vaccines are available, the current challenge is achieving high vaccine uptake. We aimed to explore university students’ intention to get vaccinated and select the most relevant determinants/beliefs to facilitate informed decision making around COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey with students (N = 434) from Maastricht University was conducted in March 2021. The most relevant determinants/beliefs of students’ COVID-19 vaccine intention (i.e., determinants linked to vaccination intention, and with enough potential for change) were visualized using CIBER plots. Results: Students’ intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine was high (80%). Concerns about safety and side effects of the vaccine and trust in government, quality control, and the pharmaceutical industry were identified as the most relevant determinants of vaccine intention. Other determinants were risk perception, attitude, perceived norm, and self-efficacy beliefs. Conclusion: Our study identified several determinants of COVID-19 vaccine intention (e.g., safety, trust, risk perception, etc.) and helped to select the most relevant determinants/beliefs to target in an intervention to maximize COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Concerns and trust related to the COVID-19 vaccine are the most important targets for future interventions. Other determinants that were already positive (i.e., risk perception, attitudes, perceived norms, and self-efficacy) could be further confirmed. MDPI 2022-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9144240/ /pubmed/35632460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050704 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Varol, Tugce Schneider, Francine Mesters, Ilse Ruiter, Robert A. C. Kok, Gerjo Ten Hoor, Gill A. Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake |
title | Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake |
title_full | Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake |
title_fullStr | Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake |
title_full_unstemmed | Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake |
title_short | Facilitating Informed Decision Making: Determinants of University Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake |
title_sort | facilitating informed decision making: determinants of university students’ covid-19 vaccine uptake |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9144240/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35632460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050704 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT varoltugce facilitatinginformeddecisionmakingdeterminantsofuniversitystudentscovid19vaccineuptake AT schneiderfrancine facilitatinginformeddecisionmakingdeterminantsofuniversitystudentscovid19vaccineuptake AT mestersilse facilitatinginformeddecisionmakingdeterminantsofuniversitystudentscovid19vaccineuptake AT ruiterrobertac facilitatinginformeddecisionmakingdeterminantsofuniversitystudentscovid19vaccineuptake AT kokgerjo facilitatinginformeddecisionmakingdeterminantsofuniversitystudentscovid19vaccineuptake AT tenhoorgilla facilitatinginformeddecisionmakingdeterminantsofuniversitystudentscovid19vaccineuptake |