TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a scale to measure the perception of sars-cov-2 vaccines acceptance
T2 - the vac-covid-19 scale
AU - Mejia, Christian R.
AU - Rodriguez-Alarcon, J. Franco
AU - Ticona, Dayana
AU - Flores-Lovon, Kevin
AU - Paredes-Obando, Marco
AU - Avalos-Reyes, Maryory S.
AU - Ccasa-Valero, Laura
AU - Carbajal, Macarena
AU - Esteban, Renzo Felipe Carranza
AU - Mamani-Benito, Oscar
AU - Rivera-Lozada, Oriana
AU - Tovani-Palone, Marcos Roberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Introduction: Since the announcement of the start of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines development, many myths and vaccine opponents have come to the fore. Therefore, in this scenario, it is imperative to have an instrument to assess the population perception of this subject matter. Objective: To validate a scale to measure the perception of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines acceptance. Methods: This is an instrumental and multicentre study, through which a list of possible reasons for whether or not people would be vaccinated was generated. After submitting them to 15 experts, a pilot survey was conducted virtually in a population of almost 3000 participants in the 24 regions of Peru. Descriptive statistics and the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were conducted using the FACTOR program. Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) coefficient (KMO = 0.917) and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity (3343.3; gl = 136; p < 0.001) were conducted. According to EFA results, two factors were found to explain 58.17% of the total variance. The fit indices show that the proposed model is adequate (χ2 = 826.321; df = 43; p = 0.001; RMR = 0.054; GFI = 0.952; AGFI = 0.927; CFI = 0.946; TLI = 0.931; and RMSEA = 0.078). Finally, Cronbach’s α was found to be very satisfactory for the generated scale (α = 0.831; 95% CI = 0.82 – 0.84). Conclusion: A simple and efficient scale was validated to assess positive and negative perceptions of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (the VAC-COVID-19 scale), with a Cronbach’s coefficient of 0.831.
AB - Introduction: Since the announcement of the start of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines development, many myths and vaccine opponents have come to the fore. Therefore, in this scenario, it is imperative to have an instrument to assess the population perception of this subject matter. Objective: To validate a scale to measure the perception of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines acceptance. Methods: This is an instrumental and multicentre study, through which a list of possible reasons for whether or not people would be vaccinated was generated. After submitting them to 15 experts, a pilot survey was conducted virtually in a population of almost 3000 participants in the 24 regions of Peru. Descriptive statistics and the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were conducted using the FACTOR program. Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) coefficient (KMO = 0.917) and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity (3343.3; gl = 136; p < 0.001) were conducted. According to EFA results, two factors were found to explain 58.17% of the total variance. The fit indices show that the proposed model is adequate (χ2 = 826.321; df = 43; p = 0.001; RMR = 0.054; GFI = 0.952; AGFI = 0.927; CFI = 0.946; TLI = 0.931; and RMSEA = 0.078). Finally, Cronbach’s α was found to be very satisfactory for the generated scale (α = 0.831; 95% CI = 0.82 – 0.84). Conclusion: A simple and efficient scale was validated to assess positive and negative perceptions of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (the VAC-COVID-19 scale), with a Cronbach’s coefficient of 0.831.
KW - COVID-19 vaccines
KW - Mass vaccination
KW - Perception
KW - Peru
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109184439&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.29333/ejgm/11012
DO - 10.29333/ejgm/11012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109184439
SN - 2516-3507
VL - 18
JO - Electronic Journal of General Medicine
JF - Electronic Journal of General Medicine
IS - 5
M1 - em303
ER -
