To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? The interplay between pro- and against- vaccination reasons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

By mid 2023, European countries reached 75% of vaccine coverage for COVID-19 and although vaccination rates are quite high, many people are still hesitant. A plethora of studies have investigated factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, however, insufficient attention has been paid to the reasons why people get vaccinated against COVID-19. Our work aims to investigate the role of reasons in the decision to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a representative sample of 1,689 adult Italians (March-April 2021) balanced in terms of age, gender, educational level and area of residence.

Methods

Through an online questionnaire, we asked participants to freely report up to three reasons for and against COVID-19 vaccination, and the weight each had in the decisio

SUBMITTER: Caserotti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10634164 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature