Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2022, 13(3):691-698 | DOI: 10.15452/cejnm.2022.13.0011

The Turkish version of the Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Scale

Neziha Karabulut1, Dilek Gürçayır1, Yeşim Yaman Aktaş2, Özlem Abi3
1 Department of Surgical Nursing, The Nursing Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
2 Department of Surgical Nursing, The Health Sciences Faculty, Giresun University, Giresun, Turkey
3 Department of Nursing, The Health Sciences Faculty, Igdır University, Igdır, Turkey

Aim: Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy can be an obstacle to the global effort to control the current pandemic. The study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Scale.

Design: A methodological and descriptive study.

Methods: The research was conducted as a methodological and descriptive study. The sample size consisted of 476 academics who voluntarily agreed to participate in the research and completed the online questionnaire between February and March 2021.

Results: As a result of the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the fit index values obtained by making two modifications of the one-dimensional Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Scale were found to be χ2/df = 1.86; AGFI = 0.96; RMSEA = 0.04; GFI = 0.98; CFI = 0.99 and IFI = 0.99. The Cronbachʼs alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale was calculated as 0.95. Test-retest reliability coefficient of the scale was r = 0.93 (p < 0.001).

Conclusion: It can be concluded that the Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Scale, adapted to Turkish, is a valid and reliable measurement tool for determining hesitancy of Turkish society towards covid-19 vaccines.

Keywords: covid-19, covid-19 vaccine hesitancy, vaccine, validity, reliability

Received: September 21, 2021; Revised: January 9, 2022; Accepted: May 9, 2022; Prepublished online: August 23, 2022; Published: September 5, 2022  Show citation

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Karabulut N, Gürçayır D, Yaman Aktaş Y, Abi Ö. The Turkish version of the Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Scale. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2022;13(3):691-698. doi: 10.15452/cejnm.2022.13.0011.
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