Psychobehavioral Responses and Likelihood of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines during the Pandemic, Hong Kong

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kwok, Kin On ; Li, Kin Kit ; Tang, Arthur ; Tsoi, Margaret Ting Fong ; Chan, Emily Ying Yang ; Tang, Julian Wei Tze ; Wong, Angel ; Wei, Wan In ; Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan
• Description:
  To access temporal changes in psychobehavioral responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, we conducted a 5-round (R1-R5) longitudinal population-based online survey in Hong Kong during January-September 2020. Most respondents reported wearing masks (R1 99.0% to R5 99.8%) and performing hand hygiene (R1 95.8% to R5 97.7%). Perceived COVID-19 severity decreased significantly, from 97.4% (R1) to 77.2% (R5), but perceived self-susceptibility remained high (87.2%-92.8%). Female sex and anxiety were associated with greater adoption of social distancing. Intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines decreased significantly (R4 48.7% to R5 37.6%). Greater anxiety, confidence in vaccine, and collective responsibility and weaker complacency were associated with higher tendency to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Although its generalizability should be assumed with caution, this study helps to formulate health communication strategies and foretells the initial low uptake rate of COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting that social distancing should be maintained in the medium term.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Vaccines Female Humans Pandemics Vaccines
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(7):1802-1810
• Pubmed ID:
  34152948
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8237883
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome TrustUnited Kingdom/
• Place as Subject:
  Hong Kong
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0ce01513c7793f141904fd5729017f2fd15793e05024eb3a3cf49c4bd090c155
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/107968/cdc_107968_DS1.pdf
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