Autor(es):
Garrison, Amanda ; Karlsson, Linda ; Fressard, Lisa ; Fasce, Angelo ; Rodrigues, Fernanda ; Schmid, Philipp ; Taubert, Frederike ; Holford, Dawn ; Lewandowsky, Stephan ; Nynäs, Peter ; Anderson, Emma C. ; Gagneur, Arnaud ; Dubé, Eve ; Soveri, Anna ; Verger, Pierre
Data: 2023
Identificador Persistente: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/114474
Origem: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
Assunto(s): Europe; healthcare professionals; international tool: vaccines; vaccine confidence; vaccine hesitancy; Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Vaccination; Europe; Surveys and Questionnaires; Delivery of Health Care; Vaccines
Descrição
Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play an important role in vaccination; those with low confidence in vaccines are less likely to recommend them to their patients and to be vaccinated themselves. The study’s purpose was to adapt and validate long- and short-form versions of the International Professionals’ Vaccine Confidence and Behaviors (I-Pro-VC-Be) questionnaire to measure psychosocial determinants of HCPs’ vaccine confidence and their associations with vaccination behaviors in European countries. Research design and methods: After the original French-language Pro-VC-Be was culturally adapted and translated, HCPs involved in vaccination (mainly GPs and pediatricians) across Germany, Finland, France, and Portugal completed a cross-sectional online survey in 2022. A 10-factor multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) of the long-form (10 factors comprising 34 items) tested for measurement invariance across countries. Modified multiple Poisson regressions tested the criterion validity of both versions. Results: 2,748 HCPs participated. The 10-factor structure fit was acceptable to good everywhere. The final MG-CFA model confirmed strong factorial invariance and showed very good fit. The long- and short-form I-Pro-VC-Be had good criterion validity with vaccination behaviors. Conclusion: This study validates the I-Pro-VC-Be among HCPs in four European countries; including long- and short-form tools for use in research and public health.
