Is Vaccine Hesitancy Affected by Distrust in the Healthcare System? A Study in Turkish Population
Social Work in Public Health, cilt.38, sa.4, ss.323-333, 2023 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2160855
- Dergi Adı: Social Work in Public Health
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, AgeLine, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Geobase, MEDLINE, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.323-333
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Healthcare system, distrust, vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19, Turkey
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the perception of distrust in the healthcare system on vaccine hesitancy and to determine the association between the sociodemographic characters of the participants and their perception of distrust and their vaccine hesitancy. The population consisted of individuals who were 20 years old and above and were residing in Turkey. A total of 986 people participated in the study. The data were collected through a questionnaire that was prepared on Google Forms. As a result of the regression analysis, distrust in the healthcare system explained 20.7% of total variance in vaccine hesitancy and an increase in the perception of distrust in the healthcare system statistically increased the vaccine hesitancy. In the study, it was also determined that the participants’ perceptions of distrust in the healthcare system caused statistically significant differences based on the variables of marital status, employment status, alcohol consumption, age, education level and income level. It was revealed that the participants’ perceptions of vaccine hesitancy caused a statistically significant difference only based on age and the frequency of applying to the health institution.