The Italian Version of the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) for the Working-Age Population: Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Cross-Cultural Adaptation
2.3. Reliability and Validity
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Group 1 * n.40 | Group 2 * n.40 | Group 3 * n.40 | Group 4 * n.40 |
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Gender | ||||
F (n. %) | 20 (50%) | 19 (47%) | 21 (53%) | 21 (53%) |
Age (mean ± SD) | 44.3 ± 9.8 | 42.8 ± 8.3 | 45.7 ± 9.1 | 44.0 ± 8.6 |
Occupation | ||||
Employee (n. %) | 31 (77%) | 25 (62%) | 33 (82%) | 36 (90%) |
Chief/Head (n. %) | 4 (10%) | 9 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Entrepreneur (n. %) | 1 (2%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (5%) | 0 (0%) |
Freelance (n. %) | 3 (8%) | 4 (10%) | 4 (10%) | 2 (5%) |
Unemployed (n. %) | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (5%) |
aVHS (mean ± SD) | 41 ± 5 ^ | 29 ± 9 ^ | 26 ± 4 ^ | 31 ± 6 ^ |
ICC * (95% CI) | IC (α) ° | S-CVI ^ | |
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Total Scale | 0.87 (0.63–0.96) | 0.94 | 0.97 |
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Ledda, C.; Costantino, C.; Liberti, G.; Rapisarda, V. The Italian Version of the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) for the Working-Age Population: Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity. Vaccines 2022, 10, 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020224
Ledda C, Costantino C, Liberti G, Rapisarda V. The Italian Version of the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) for the Working-Age Population: Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity. Vaccines. 2022; 10(2):224. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020224
Chicago/Turabian StyleLedda, Caterina, Claudio Costantino, Giuseppe Liberti, and Venerando Rapisarda. 2022. "The Italian Version of the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) for the Working-Age Population: Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity" Vaccines 10, no. 2: 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020224
APA StyleLedda, C., Costantino, C., Liberti, G., & Rapisarda, V. (2022). The Italian Version of the Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (aVHS) for the Working-Age Population: Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity. Vaccines, 10(2), 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020224