Abstract

The aim of the current study was to determine the extent to which Italian people intend to receive a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and to investigate its associations with worry, institutional trust and beliefs about the non-natural origin of the virus. A sample of 624 people living in Italy was recruited in April 2020 using an online platform. The survey included questions about intention to receive a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, trust, worry and beliefs about the origin of the virus. Most respondents (75.8%) intended to receive a vaccine, while 32 (5.1%) and 63 (10.1%) participants responded ‘No’ and ‘I do not know’, respectively. The remaining participants (9.0%) chose not to respond to this question. Controlling for socio-demographic factors, a multinomial logistic regression model revealed that no intention to receive a vaccine was associated with lower levels of worry and institutional trust, while increased odds for responding ‘do not know’ were found among participants holding beliefs about the non-natural origin of the virus. Vaccine acceptance may not be sufficient to establish a high level of herd immunity and a successful implementation of new pandemic vaccination programs should take into account trust, conspiracy beliefs and worry.

中文翻译：

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意欲在意大利接受针对SARS-CoV-2的疫苗，并将其与对病毒起源的信任，担忧和信念联系起来

摘要

本研究的目的是确定意大利人打算接受SARS-CoV-2疫苗的程度，并以担心，机构信任和对病毒非天然来源的信念进行调查。到2020年4月，使用在线平台招募了624名居住在意大利的人。该调查包括有关打算接受抗SARS-CoV-2疫苗的问题，信任，担忧和对病毒起源的信念等问题。大多数受访者（75.8％）打算接种疫苗，而32位（5.1％）和63位（10.1％）的参与者分别回答“不”和“我不知道”。其余参与者（9.0％）选择不回答此问题。控制社会人口因素，多项逻辑回归模型显示，没有意欲接受疫苗与较低的忧虑和机构信任度相关，而对“非自然”病毒信仰的参与者中发现“不知道”的可能性增加。接受疫苗可能不足以建立高水平的畜群免疫，成功实施新的大流行疫苗接种计划应考虑信任，阴谋信念和担忧。