Bagić, Dragan and Šuljok, Adrijana and Ančić, Branko (2022) Determinants and reasons for coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine hesitancy in Croatia. Croatian medical journal, 63 (1). pp. 89-97. ISSN 0353-9504 (Print), 1332-8166 (Online)
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Abstract
IN ENGLISH: Aim. To assess the determinants and reasons for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy in Croatia. Methods. The data were collected through a sociological survey by using a mixed-mode approach (computer-assisted web interviewing and computer-assisted telephone interview) on a national sample of 765 adults aged 18 or above. Bivariate (χ2 test) and multivariate (binary logistic regression) statistical methods were used. Results. The rate of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was relatively high (35%), with unequal distribution across demographic groups. Binary logistic regression with demographic characteristics as predictors showed that women, younger age groups (especially 25-34-year-olds), persons residing in households with children, inhabitants of smaller settlements, and persons with lower levels of education had higher odds of vaccine hesitancy. Trust in the five main actors responding to the COVID-19 pandemic (the National Civil Protection Headquarters, Government, health care system, scientists-researchers, and media) was also a significant predictor of vaccine hesitancy. Risk perception was an even stronger predictor: persons who perceived SARS-CoV-2 infection as a small risk were more than ten times likelier to be vaccine hesitant than those who perceived it as a great risk. Conclusion. Social groups that are more prone to vaccine hesitancy need to be approached through different channels and messages by taking into account their trust in institutions and risk perception. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Cilj. Utvrditi determinante i razloge oklijevanja pri donošenju odluke o cijepljenju protiv COVID-19 bolesti u Hrvatskoj. Metode. Podaci su prikupljeni sociološkim istraživanjem korištenjem mješovitog pristupa (računalno potpomognuto internetsko intervjuiranje i računalno potpomognuto telefonsko intervjuiranje) na nacionalnom uzorku od 765 odraslih osoba u dobi od 18 ili više godina. Korištene su bivarijatne (χ2 test) i multivarijatne (binarna logistička regresija) statističke metode. Rezultati. Stopa oklijevanja kada je u pitanju cjepivo protiv COVID-19 bila je relativno visoka (35%), s nejednakom distribucijom među demografskim skupinama. Binarnom logističkom regresijom s demografskim karakteristikama kao prediktorima utvrđeno je da veće izglede za oklijevanje imaju žene, mlađe dobne skupine (osobito 25-34-godišnjaci), osobe koje žive u kućanstvima s djecom, stanovnici manjih naselja i osobe s nižim stupnjem obrazovanja. Povjerenje u pet glavnih aktera (Nacionalni stožer civilne zaštite, Vlada, zdravstveni sustav, znanstvenici-istraživači i mediji) također je bio značajan prediktor oklijevanja. Percepcija rizika bila je još jači prediktor: osobe koje su infekciju SARS-CoV-2 smatrale malim rizikom imale su više od deset puta veću vjerojatnost da će oklijevati s cjepivom nego one koje su infekciju doživljavale kao veliki rizik. Zaključak. Društvenim skupinama koje su sklonije oklijevanju pri cijepljenju potrebno je pristupiti različitim kanalima i porukama uzimajući u obzir njihovo povjerenje u institucije i percepciju rizika.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Determinante i razlozi oklijevanja pri cijepljenju protiv COVID-19 bolesti u Hrvatskoj. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, Croatia (COVID-19, oklijevanje pri cijepljenju, Hrvatska) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Karolina |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2022 14:44 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2022 09:30 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/984 |
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