Development and validation of a scale to assess hesitancy towards new vaccines | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine | ||
| Article 3, Volume 40, Issue 4, October 2022, Pages 243-250 PDF (362.99 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2022.115288.1203 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Huny Bakry* 1; Noha Abdelsalam2; Eman Waly3 | ||
| 1Zagazig University, Department of community medicine | ||
| 2Zagazig University, faculty of medicine, community medicine department | ||
| 3Zagazig University, Faculty of Medicine, Community Medicine Department | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Assessing the hesitancy towards a new vaccine is of worldwide concern, as a delay in vaccination may give rise to the development of new mutant variants that can attack immunity conferred by previous infection or vaccine. Aim: This study aimed to design and validate a scale to assess the hesitancy towards newly produced vaccine based on health belief model traditional variables with application on COVID-19 vaccines. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among heterogeneous group of Egyptian citizens above 18 years old. A survey was distributed on social media platforms between June 1, 2021, and June 30, 2021. The design and evaluation of the scale went through three phases: item development, scale development, and evaluation. Results: The sampling adequacy of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure was 0.8 at significance level of Bartlett's test of sphericity Conclusion: The designed scale to assess hesitancy towards new vaccines based on health belief model was valid among the studied population; also, it was a reliable scale according to Cronbach’s alpha. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| vaccine hesitancy; new vaccines; scale validation | ||
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