Validation of the Vaccination Trust Indicator (VTI) in a multi-country survey of adult vaccination attitudes.

ABSTRACT: Improved uptake of adult vaccinations could substantially reduce the burden of infectious disease worldwide, however very few countries achieve high coverage of recommended adult vaccinations. Vaccine hesitancy is an important driver of low vaccine uptake among adults but no measure currently exists to capture general vaccination attitudes in this population accurately and efficiently. We utilize data from two surveys of adult vaccine attitudes and uptake conducted in fifteen countries to evaluate the Vaccination Trust Indicator (VTI). The VTI is a six-item measure intended to capture general vaccine attitudes. We utilized multivariable logistic regression to examine the association between VTI scores and self-reported receipt of the seasonal influenza vaccine, receipt of a tetanus toxoid-

SUBMITTER: Ellingson MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10096184 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature