From Conspiracy to Hesitancy: The Longitudinal Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Perceived Vaccine Effectiveness

Primer Autor
Baeza-Rivera, Maria Jose
Co-autores
Salazar-Fernandez, Camila
Manriquez-Robles, Diego
Salinas-Onate, Natalia
Sallam, Malik
Título
From Conspiracy to Hesitancy: The Longitudinal Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Perceived Vaccine Effectiveness
Editorial
MDPI
Revista
VACCINES
Lenguaje
en
Resumen
The embrace of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine conspiracies has been linked to vaccine hesitancy. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories and perceived vaccine effectiveness. The study utilized a longitudinal follow-up study in which adults in Chile completed surveys in December 2020 (T1) and May 2021 (T2). The psychometric properties of the five-item instrument on conspiracy theories for the COVID-19 vaccine were evaluated using data from T1 (n = 578). A confirmatory one-factor structure with suitable indicators of reliability was found. The longitudinal analysis (n = 292) revealed that conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine in T1 were associated with lower beliefs in its effectiveness in T2. However, no significant association was found between beliefs in effectiveness in T1 and conspiracy theories in T2. The study suggests that beliefs in conspiracy theories may temporally precede beliefs in vaccine effectiveness for COVID-19. The results have implications for strategies to address vaccine conspiracy beliefs and their implementation at the public policy level.
Fecha Publicación
2023
Tipo de Recurso
artículo original
doi
10.3390/vaccines11071150
Formato Recurso
PDF
Palabras Claves
vaccine confidence
vaccine conspiracy
vaccine efficacy
vaccine effectiveness
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11071150
Categoría OCDE
Inmunología
Investigación y Medicina Experimental
Materias
confianza en las vacunas
conspiración de vacunas
eficacia de la vacuna
efectividad de la vacuna
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)
artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
versión publicada
License
CC BY 4.0
Condición de la licencia (Recomendado-repetible)
CC BY 4.0
Derechos de acceso
acceso abierto
Access Rights
acceso abierto
Id de Web of Science
WOS:001036571700001
Tipo de ruta
verde# dorado
Categoría WOS
Inmunología
Investigación y Medicina Experimental
Colecciones
Colección Publicaciones Científicas
Colección ANID
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