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Schernhammer E, Weitzer J, Laubichler MD, et al. Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Austria: trust and the government. J Public Health (Oxf). 2021;doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab122.
Schernhammer, E., Weitzer, J., Laubichler, M. D., Birmann, B. M., Bertau, M., Zenk, L., Caniglia, G., Jäger, C. C., & Steiner, G. (2021). Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Austria: trust and the government. Journal of public health (Oxford, England), . https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab122
Schernhammer, Eva, et al. "Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Austria: trust and the government." Journal of public health (Oxford, England) vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab122
Schernhammer E, Weitzer J, Laubichler MD, Birmann BM, Bertau M, Zenk L, Caniglia G, Jäger CC, Steiner G. Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Austria: trust and the government. J Public Health (Oxf). 2021 May 05; doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab122. Epub 2021 May 05. PMID: 33948665; PMCID: PMC8135852.
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J Public Health (Oxf). 2021 May 05; doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab122. Epub 2021 May 05.

Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Austria: trust and the government.

Journal of public health (Oxford, England)

Eva Schernhammer, Jakob Weitzer, Manfred D Laubichler, Brenda M Birmann, Martin Bertau, Lukas Zenk, Guido Caniglia, Carlo C Jäger, Gerald Steiner

Affiliations

  1. Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  2. Complexity Science Hub, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
  3. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  4. School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
  5. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
  6. Institute for Technical Chemistry, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 09599 Freiberg, Germany.
  7. Department for Knowledge and Communication Management, Danube University Krems, 3500 Krems and der Donau, Austria.
  8. Konrado Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
  9. Global Climate Forum, 10178 Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 33948665 PMCID: PMC8135852 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab122

Abstract

BACKGROUND: With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surging and new mutations evolving, trust in vaccines is essential.

METHODS: We explored correlates of vaccine hesitancy, considering political believes and psychosocial concepts, conducting a non-probability quota-sampled online survey with 1007 Austrians.

RESULTS: We identified several important correlates of vaccine hesitancy, ranging from demographics to complex factors such as voting behavior or trust in the government. Among those with hesitancy towards a COVID-19 vaccine, having voted for opposition parties (opp) or not voted (novote) were (95% Confidence Intervall (CI)opp, 1.44-2.95) to 2.25-times (95%CInovote, 1.53-3.30) that of having voted for governing parties. Only 46.2% trusted the Austrian government to provide safe vaccines, and 80.7% requested independent scientific evaluations regarding vaccine safety to increase willingness to vaccine.

CONCLUSIONS: Contrary to expected, psychosocial dimensions were only weakly correlated with vaccine hesitancy. However, the strong correlation between distrust in the vaccine and distrust in authorities suggests a common cause of disengagement from public discourse.

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health.

Keywords: COVID-19; behaviour; communicable diseases; vaccine hesitancy

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