Association between social isolation and loneliness with COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional internet survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined the association between social isolation and loneliness, increasingly recognised but neglected social determinants of health, with being unvaccinated against COVID-19.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting and participants

A representative cohort of 22 756 individuals (aged 15-81 years) from the general Japanese population who responded to both the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey 2021 and Japan Society and New Tobacco Internet Survey 2022.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We calculated the ORs of remaining unvaccinated against COVID-19 in 2022, attributable to social isolation as assessed by the Lubben Social Network Scale, or loneliness as evaluated by the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale

SUBMITTER: Ukai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10626839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature