Improving older adults' vaccination uptake : are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliable for older people?

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Cogan, Nicola and Gallant, Allyson J and Nicholls, Louise A Brown and Rasmussen, Susan and Young, David and Williams, Lynn (2022) Improving older adults' vaccination uptake : are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliable for older people? Journal of Health Psychology, 27 (14). pp. 3136-3147. ISSN 1359-1053 (https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053221089104)

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Abstract

We sought to establish whether two recently developed measures, the 5C scale and the Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX) were reliable and valid for use with older adults. A total of 372 UK-dwelling participants (65–92 years, M = 70.5 years, SD = 4.6) completed a cross-sectional survey measuring health and socio-demographic characteristics in relation to vaccine uptake for influenza, pneumococcal and shingles. The 5C and VAX scales were administered to test their reliability, validity and dimensionality. Both scales showed good internal reliability and convergent, discriminant and concurrent validity. Their factor structures were also confirmed, supporting their use with older adult populations.

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Cogan, Nicola ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0861-5133, Gallant, Allyson J, Nicholls, Louise A Brown ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-6175, Rasmussen, Susan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6408-0028, Young, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3652-0513 and Williams, Lynn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2735-9219;
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