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Caserotti M, Girardi P, Tasso A, et al. Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):793doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9.
Caserotti, M., Girardi, P., Tasso, A., Rubaltelli, E., Lotto, L., & Gavaruzzi, T. (2022). Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific reports, 12(1), 793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9
Caserotti, Marta, et al. "Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic." Scientific reports vol. 12,1 (2022): 793. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9
Caserotti M, Girardi P, Tasso A, Rubaltelli E, Lotto L, Gavaruzzi T. Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 17;12(1):793. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9. PMID: 35039550.
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Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 17;12(1):793. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9.

Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scientific reports

Marta Caserotti, Paolo Girardi, Alessandra Tasso, Enrico Rubaltelli, Lorella Lotto, Teresa Gavaruzzi

Affiliations

  1. Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
  2. Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Padua, Italy. [email protected].
  3. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy. [email protected].
  4. Department of Humanities, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

PMID: 35039550 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9

Abstract

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures will overlap for a period after the onset of the pandemic, playing a strong role in virus containment. We explored which factors influence the likelihood to adopt two different preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. An online snowball sampling (May-June 2020) collected a total of 448 questionnaires in Italy. A Bayesian bivariate Gaussian regression model jointly investigated the willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to download the national contact tracing app. A mixed-effects cumulative logistic model explored which factors affected the motivation to adopt one of the two preventive measures. Despite both COVID-19 vaccines and tracing apps being indispensable tools to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2, our results suggest that adherence to the vaccine or to the national contact tracing app is not predicted by the same factors. Therefore, public communication on these measures needs to take in consideration not only the perceived risk associated with COVID-19, but also the trust people place in politics and science, their concerns and doubts about vaccinations, and their employment status. Further, the results suggest that the motivation to comply with these measurements was predominantly to protect others rather than self-protection.

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