Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude, practices, and concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination among the general population

Kumari, Archana; Ranjan, Piyush; Chopra, Sakshi; Kaur, Divjyot; Upadhyay, Ashish Datt; Kaur, Tanveer; Bhattacharyya, Arunangshu; Arora, Madhu; Gupta, Hardik; Thrinath, Arnav; Prakash, Brahm; Vikram, Naval Kishore

doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2021.04.004

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“…These results are consistent with established guidelines and best practice criteria for developing robust developmental scales and measures in the existing body of knowledge [31,32,36]. The findings are certainly promising concerning future conceptualisation and operationalisation work catering to the need for valid and reliable social psychological measures and tools to help us better understand the operation of various stressor-strain relationships within this pandemic environment, consistent with emerging work in this field [37][38][39].…”

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Perceived COVID-19 Vaccine Pressure in the Caribbean: Exploring a New Stressor–Strain Phenomenon in the Pandemic

Devonish

Dulal-Arthur

2022

Vaccines

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This research introduced the new construct of ‘perceived COVID-19 vaccine pressure’ (i.e., the psychological strain associated with societal demands on vaccine taking) and examined the initial psychometric properties of a newly proposed measure. The study surveyed 411 Barbadian respondents to examine their level of perceived COVID-19 vaccine pressure using an online survey modality. The results revealed strong and robust psychometric properties for the scale and its unidimensionality. Younger and employed respondents as well as those working in the tourism and hospitality and government (public) sectors experienced the greatest internalised vaccine pressure relative to other respondent groups. Only initial/preliminary evidence of the scale’s validity and reliability was revealed by this cross-sectional study. A follow-up study (using CFA on a new sample) is needed to provide stronger evidence for its validity and reliability. Understanding the dynamics of perceived or internalised vaccine pressure might help explain the positive or negative effects of societal pressure and its implications for vaccine hesitancy and other vaccine-related attitudes and behaviours. The study is the first to conceptually discuss and empirically examine the mental health strain occasioned by societal demands placed on individuals to take a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Perceived COVID-19 Vaccine Pressure in the Caribbean: Exploring a New Stressor–Strain Phenomenon in the Pandemic

Devonish

Dulal-Arthur

2022

Vaccines

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“… 52 Vaccine literacy directly affects vaccine acceptance. 29 It is especially important and relevant in current circumstance where the country is undergoing the crisis of a second wave and possibly awaits another spike of cases in the ‘third’ wave of COVID‐19 infections. Therefore, knowledge has a crucial role towards successful vaccination programs.…”

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“…Moreover, the existing scales do not operationalise the study constructs, as conceptualised by the researchers. Therefore, the questionnaire employed in the study was developed by modifying some of the items of the existing scale 29 and adding some new items on the basis of expert suggestions.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice survey towards COVID‐19 vaccination: A mediation analysis

Sengupta

Dutta

Roy³

et al. 2022

Health Planning & Management

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Background and Aim The COVID‐19 pandemic has significantly impacted human lives across the world. In a country like India, with the second highest population in the world, impact of COVID‐19 has been diverse and multidimensional. Under such circumstances, vaccination against COVID‐19 infection is claimed to be one of the major solutions to contain the pandemic. Understanding of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) measures are essential prerequisites to design suitable intervention programs. This paper examines the different KAP factors in Indians towards their decision of vaccine uptake. Method An online questionnaire was administered to Indian respondents. (Pilot study: n = 100, Main study: n = 221) to assess their existing knowledge on COVID‐19 infections and vaccination, attitude and intentions towards COVID‐19 vaccines and their decision towards COVID‐19 vaccine uptake. Result The findings highlighted that existing knowledge on COVID‐19 infections and vaccination directly impacted their attitude and intention towards vaccination. The attitude and intention towards COVID‐19 vaccines directly impacted their practice of undergoing COVID‐19 vaccination. Further, there was a statistically significant and considerably large indirect effect of existing knowledge on COVID‐19 infections and vaccination on the practice of undergoing COVID‐19 vaccination through attitude and intention towards the vaccine. There was no direct effect of Knowledge (existing knowledge on COVID‐19 infections and vaccination) on Practice (decision to undergo COVID‐19 vaccination). Therefore, Attitude and intention towards COVID‐19 vaccine is the primary mediator between Knowledge (existing knowledge on COVID‐19 infections and vaccination) and Practice (decision to undergo COVID‐19 vaccination). Conclusion Participants decision towards COVID‐19 vaccination decisions are strongly related to their attitude and intentions that confirms the strong role of attitude towards success of COVID‐19 vaccination programme. Therefore, ‘person‐centric’ attitude based positive intervention strategies that links their prior knowledge on COVID‐19 infections and vaccination must be designed for greater vaccine acceptance amongst Indians.

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“…The self-report questionnaire was developed to assess knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine, attitude towards the vaccine and acceptance of the vaccine, following a review of similar studies previously published in the scientific literature [30] , [44] , [45] , [46] , [47] , [48] , [49] . The questionnaire was developed in English and then translated into Chinese.…”

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Knowledge about, attitude and acceptance towards, and predictors of intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine among cancer patients in Eastern China: A cross-sectional survey

Hong

Yang

et al. 2022

Journal of Integrative Medicine

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Objective The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a serious impact on health all over the world. Cancer patient, whose immunity is often compromised, faces a huge challenge. Currently, some COVID-19 vaccines are being developed and applied on general population; however, whether cancer patients should take COVID-19 vaccine remains unknown. Our study aimed to explore the knowledge, attitude, acceptance, and predictors of intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine among cancer patients in Eastern China. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Eastern China from June 17th to September 3rd, 2021. Patients were selected using a convenience sampling method. A self-report questionnaire was developed to assess knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine, attitude towards the vaccine and acceptance of the vaccine; following a review of similar studies previously published in the scientific literature, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the predictors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Results A total of 2158 cancer patients were enrolled in this study. The rate of vaccine hesitancy was 24.05% (519/2158); further, among the participants of vaccine acceptance, 767 had taken COVID-19 vaccine (35.54%), and 872 were willing to get vaccinated (40.01%). A total of 24 variables including demographic characteristics, clinical status of cancer, impact of COVID-19 pandemic on study participants, patients’ knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine, and attitude towards the vaccine, had significant differences between the “vaccine hesitancy” population and “vaccine acceptance” population. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that parameters including alcohol consumption (odds ratio [OR] = 1.849; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.375–2.488; P -reference [ P -Ref] < 0.001 vs non-drinkers), income impacted by COVID-19 pandemic (OR = 1.930, 2.037 and 2.688 for mild, moderate, and severe impact, respectively; all P -Ref < 0.01 vs no impact), knowledge of how the vaccine was developed (OR = 1.616; 95% CI: 1.126–2.318; P -Ref = 0.009 vs unknown), believing in the safety of the vaccine (OR = 1.502; 95% CI: 1.024–2.203; P -Ref = 0.038 vs denying the safety of vaccine), willingness to pay for the vaccine (OR = 3.042; 95% CI: 2.376–3.894; P -Ref < 0.001 vs unwilling), and willingness to recommend families and friends to get vaccinated (OR = 2.744; 95% CI: 1.759–4.280; P -Ref < 0.001 vs do not recommend) were contributors to vaccine acceptance. While such as being retired (OR = 0.586; 95% CI: 0.438–0.784; P -Ref < 0.001 vs...

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Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude, practices, and concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination among the general population

Cited by 55 publications

References 15 publications

Perceived COVID-19 Vaccine Pressure in the Caribbean: Exploring a New Stressor–Strain Phenomenon in the Pandemic

Perceived COVID-19 Vaccine Pressure in the Caribbean: Exploring a New Stressor–Strain Phenomenon in the Pandemic

Knowledge, attitude and practice survey towards COVID‐19 vaccination: A mediation analysis

Knowledge about, attitude and acceptance towards, and predictors of intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine among cancer patients in Eastern China: A cross-sectional survey

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