Profiling vaccine believers and skeptics in nurses: A latent profile analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A tailored immunization program is deemed more successful in encouraging vaccination. Understanding the profiles of vaccine hesitancy constructs in nurses can help policymakers in devising such programs. Encouraging vaccination in nurses is an important step in building public confidence in the upcoming COVID-19 and influenza vaccination campaigns.

Objectives

Using a person-centered approach, this study aimed to reveal the profiles of the 5C psychological constructs of vaccine hesitancy (confidence, complacency, constraints, calculation, and collective responsibility) among Hong Kong nurses.

Design

Cross-sectional online survey.

Settings

With the promotion of a professional nursing organization, we invited Hong Kong nurses to complete an online surve

SUBMITTER: Leung CLK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8676577 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature