The impact of side effect framing on COVID-19 booster vaccine intentions in an Australian sample

Barnes, Kirsten; Faasse, Kate; Colagiuri,

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.023

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“…Previous research, however, has shown that real-world reporting of side effects is associated with perceptions of reduced treatment efficacy (e.g., Faasse et al, 2009;MacKrill et al, 2019) while experimentally, nocebo effects tend to emerge in studies where there is limited evidence of a placebo effect (e.g., Faasse et al, 2013Faasse et al, , 2015Faasse et al, , 2016. If such an inverse association exists, then interventions that aim to increase the placebo effect, such as those that tailor positive treatment information, harness learning mechanisms, or present personal recounts from other patients (e.g., Darnall & Colloca, 2018;Enck et al, 2013;Faasse et al, 2017;Kube et al, 2018), and interventions that aim to reduce the nocebo effect, such as those that employ attribute framing, increase choice over treatment, or deploy nocebo education (e.g., Barnes et al, 2019;Barnes, Faasse, & Colagiuri, 2023;Pan et al, 2019;Tang et al, 2022), may be able to counteract the effect of lowwarmth interactions.…”

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Practitioner warmth and empathy attenuates the nocebo effect and enhances the placebo effect

Barnes,

Wang,

Faasse

2023

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Augmented patient–practitioner interactions that enhance therapeutic alliance can increase the placebo effect to sham treatment. Little is known, however, about the effect of these interactions on maladaptive health outcomes (i.e., the nocebo effect). Healthy participants (N = 84) were randomised to a 3‐day course of Oxytocin nasal drops (actually, sham treatment) in conjunction with a high‐warmth interaction (Oxy‐HW: N = 28), a low‐warmth interaction (Oxy‐LW: N = 28) or to a no treatment control group (NT: N = 28). All participants were informed that the Oxytocin treatment could increase psychological well‐being but was associated with several potential side effects. Treatment‐related side effects, unwarned symptoms, and psychological well‐being were measured at baseline and all post‐treatment days. Side effect reporting was increased in the Oxy‐LW condition compared to the other groups across all days. Conversely, increased psychological well‐being was observed in the Oxy‐HW condition, relative to the other conditions, but only on Day 1. Among those receiving treatment, positive and negative expectations, and treatment‐related worry, did not vary by interaction‐style, while psychological well‐being and side effect reporting were inversely associated at the level of the individual. Results have important implications for practice, suggesting poorer quality interactions may not only reduce beneficial health outcomes but also exacerbate those that are maladaptive.

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Practitioner warmth and empathy attenuates the nocebo effect and enhances the placebo effect

Barnes,

Wang,

Faasse

2023

Applied Psych Health & Well

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“…In previous research, scholars mainly focused on how different frames can affect participants’ risk perception or behavioral intention. Most of these studies found that positive framing led to significantly lower risk perceptions [ 33 , 34 ] and significantly higher behavioral intentions [ 26 , 35 , 36 ], but some studies did not demonstrate a significant effect on either risk perceptions or behavioral intentions [ 37 ]. Therefore, we hypothesized that compared with parents who received negatively framed information about COVID-19 vaccine safety, parents who received positively framed information had a significantly lower perceived risk of COVID-19 vaccine side effects (hypothesis 1) and a significantly higher intention to vaccinate their child when the vaccine was available (hypothesis 2).…”

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“…individual-centered versus collective-centered) [ 59 – 62 ]. Only a few studies have focused on the message of COVID-19 vaccine safety, and investigated whether the framing of vaccine safety information has effects on the public reactions [ 26 , 35 , 63 ].…”

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Effects of COVID-19 vaccine safety framing on parental reactions

Tan,

Liu,

Zhang

2024

PLoS ONE

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As a major concern shared by parents globally, COVID-19 vaccine safety is typically being messaged to the public in a negative frame in many countries. However, whether the COVID-19 vaccine safety framing have an effect on parents when vaccinating their children is unclear. Here we implement an online survey with a convenience sample of 3,861 parents living in mainland China, all over 18 years old and with at least one child under 18. The parents were randomly assigned to receive information about COVID-19 vaccine safety in either a negative frame (incidence of side effects) or a positive frame (the inverse incidence of side effects), to compare parental reactions to a range of questions about communication, risk perception, trust, involvement and behavioral intention. We found that parents were more likely to regard vaccine safety as relevant to policy support and as a higher priority for government when receiving positively framed information (p = 0.002). For some specific subgroups, parents in positive framing group showed lower risk perception and higher trust (p<0.05). This suggests that positive framing of COVID-19 vaccine safety messages show more effective performance than negative framing in terms of involvement, as well as trust and risk perception in specific subgroups, which may lead to a reflection on whether to adjust the current widespread use of negative framing. Our findings inform how governments and health care workers strategically choose the framing design of COVID-19 vaccine safety information, and have important implications for promoting COVID-19 vaccination in children in the future.

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“…This is because the effects of some vaccines can wear off over time. Booster vaccines can enable the body's system to recognize and respond to viruses that cause disease faster against evolving virus variants ( Barnes et al, 2023).…”

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Community Knowledge and Stigma Against COVID-19 Phase III Vaccine (Booster) and Health Workers in Handling COVID-19 in Parepare City

Ainun Tatang,

Yusuf,

Anggraeny

2023

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused fear among some people. Feelings of fear can make a person alert. However, when the feeling of fear becomes excessive, it can create a negative impression. This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and stigma of the people of Parepare City towards the Phase III COVID-19 vaccine (Booster). This research is a descriptive study using a quantitative approach. The tool used in data collection is a questionnaire. This research was conducted in Parepare City from 11 to July 18, 2022. The population in this study were all people living in Parepare City, totaling + 154,524 people. The sample or sampling technique uses accidental sampling and 100 samples. Data were analyzed univariately and presented in the form of a frequency distribution. Research shows that the level of public knowledge of the Phase III vaccine (Booster) is 63%. The level of public knowledge of health workers in handling COVID-19 is in the high category of 73%. The stigma level of the people of Parepare City towards the Phase III vaccine (Booster) is in the high category of 69%. The level of community stigma towards health workers in handling COVID-19 is in the high category of 78%. In general, the people of Pare-pare City have high knowledge of the stage III vaccine (Booster) and health workers. However, implementing the Phase III vaccine (Booster) is still low due to the high stigma of the people of Parepare City towards health workers and Phase III vaccines (Boosters).

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The impact of side effect framing on COVID-19 booster vaccine intentions in an Australian sample

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

Practitioner warmth and empathy attenuates the nocebo effect and enhances the placebo effect

Practitioner warmth and empathy attenuates the nocebo effect and enhances the placebo effect

Effects of COVID-19 vaccine safety framing on parental reactions

Community Knowledge and Stigma Against COVID-19 Phase III Vaccine (Booster) and Health Workers in Handling COVID-19 in Parepare City

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