Difficulties faced by physicians from four European countries in rebutting antivaccination arguments: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physicians play a critical role in encouraging their patients to get vaccinated, in part by responding to patients' concerns about vaccines. It is, therefore, important to understand what difficulties physicians have in dealing with different concerns they may encounter. The aim of this article was to determine physicians' perceptions of difficulties in rebutting different antivaccination arguments from patients using data collected as part of a cross-sectional, cross-national questionnaire on physicians' vaccine attitudes and behaviours.

Methods

Physicians in 4 European countries (Finland, Germany, France and Portugal, total n=2718) rated 33 different arguments, chosen to represent 11 different psychological motivations underlying vaccine hesitancy, in terms of

SUBMITTER: Holford D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812751 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature