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Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea

Social capital (SC) has been documented to effectively reduce the spread of diseases, including COVID-19; however, research pertaining to SC and COVID-19 vaccination in Korea is lacking. This cross-sectional study conducted in the city of Wonju, Gangwon Province, Korea (n = 1,096) examined the diffe...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hocheol, Noh, Eun Bi, Kim, Ji Eon, Oh, Juyeon, Nam, Eun Woo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277016
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author Lee, Hocheol
Noh, Eun Bi
Kim, Ji Eon
Oh, Juyeon
Nam, Eun Woo
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Kim, Ji Eon
Oh, Juyeon
Nam, Eun Woo
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description Social capital (SC) has been documented to effectively reduce the spread of diseases, including COVID-19; however, research pertaining to SC and COVID-19 vaccination in Korea is lacking. This cross-sectional study conducted in the city of Wonju, Gangwon Province, Korea (n = 1,096) examined the differences in COVID-19 vaccine trust and hesitancy considering individual characteristics and investigated the effects of SC on COVID-19 vaccine trust and hesitancy. SC was measured based on 14 items pertaining to social trust, network, and norms. Responses regarding COVID-19 screening history, vaccine trust, and vaccine hesitancy were also assessed. SC scores did not differ between sexes, but differed significantly according to age and household income; thus, adults aged 70–79 years had the highest SC scores, and mean SC score increased significantly with income. COVID-19 vaccine trust differed significantly according to age, average household income, social organization involvement, and SC score. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy differed significantly with age, SC score, and COVID-19 screening history. In univariate logistic regression, age, average household income, social organization involvement, and SC score were significant predictors of vaccine trust; in multivariable analysis, however, the identified predictors were age and SC. In particular, people with an SC score ≥50 were 2.660 times more likely to trust COVID-19 vaccines than those with lower scores. In multivariable analysis, age and SC were significant predictors of vaccine hesitancy. In particular, people with an SC score ≥50 were 1.400 times more likely not to be hesitant about receiving COVID-19 vaccines than people with lower scores. These results indicate that prioritizing policies to increase SC and trust in the government could boost the COVID-19 vaccination rate.
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spelling pubmed-96627122022-11-15 Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea Lee, Hocheol Noh, Eun Bi Kim, Ji Eon Oh, Juyeon Nam, Eun Woo PLoS One Research Article Social capital (SC) has been documented to effectively reduce the spread of diseases, including COVID-19; however, research pertaining to SC and COVID-19 vaccination in Korea is lacking. This cross-sectional study conducted in the city of Wonju, Gangwon Province, Korea (n = 1,096) examined the differences in COVID-19 vaccine trust and hesitancy considering individual characteristics and investigated the effects of SC on COVID-19 vaccine trust and hesitancy. SC was measured based on 14 items pertaining to social trust, network, and norms. Responses regarding COVID-19 screening history, vaccine trust, and vaccine hesitancy were also assessed. SC scores did not differ between sexes, but differed significantly according to age and household income; thus, adults aged 70–79 years had the highest SC scores, and mean SC score increased significantly with income. COVID-19 vaccine trust differed significantly according to age, average household income, social organization involvement, and SC score. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy differed significantly with age, SC score, and COVID-19 screening history. In univariate logistic regression, age, average household income, social organization involvement, and SC score were significant predictors of vaccine trust; in multivariable analysis, however, the identified predictors were age and SC. In particular, people with an SC score ≥50 were 2.660 times more likely to trust COVID-19 vaccines than those with lower scores. In multivariable analysis, age and SC were significant predictors of vaccine hesitancy. In particular, people with an SC score ≥50 were 1.400 times more likely not to be hesitant about receiving COVID-19 vaccines than people with lower scores. These results indicate that prioritizing policies to increase SC and trust in the government could boost the COVID-19 vaccination rate. Public Library of Science 2022-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9662712/ /pubmed/36374920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277016 Text en © 2022 Lee et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Noh, Eun Bi
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Oh, Juyeon
Nam, Eun Woo
Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea
title Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea
title_full Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea
title_fullStr Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea
title_full_unstemmed Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea
title_short Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea
title_sort influencing factor of covid-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in wonju city, south korea
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277016
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