Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Scale (Freeman et al, 2020)
This is a seven-item measure, derived from a study with
5,114 UK adults, quota sampled to match the population for age, gender,
ethnicity, income, and region. Item specific response options, coded from 1 to
5, are used. A ‘Don’t know’ option is also provided, which is excluded from
scoring. Higher scores indicate a higher level of vaccine hesitancy. The Oxford
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Scale scores are associated with the Vaccine
Hesitancy Scale (Shapiro et al, 2018), r=0.47, p< 0.001. The Cronbach’s alpha
is 0.97. Full details of the questionnaire development can be found in the
supplementary materials of the paper.
Reference: Freeman, D., Loe, B.S.,
Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., Waite, F., Rosebrock, L.,
Jenner, L., Petit, A., Lewandowsky, S., Vanderslott, S.,
Innocenti, S., Larkin, M., Giubilini,
A., Yu, L-M., McShane, H., Pollard, A.J., & Lambe, S. (2020). COVID-19
vaccine hesitancy in the UK: The Oxford Coronavirus Explanations, Attitudes,
and Narratives Survey (OCEAN) II. Psychological Medicine.
To view the paper visit https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720005188
Question 1: Would you take a COVID-19 vaccine (approved for use in the UK)
if offered?
☐Definitely
☐Probably
☐I may or I may not
☐Probably not
☐Definitely not
☐Don’t know
Question 2: If there is a COVID-19 vaccine available:
☐I
will want to get it as soon as possible
☐I
will take it when offered
☐I’m
not sure what I will do
☐I
will put off (delay) getting it
☐I
will refuse to get it
☐Don’t
know
Question 3: I would describe my attitude towards receiving a COVID-19
vaccine as:
☐Very
keen
☐Pretty
positive
☐Neutral
☐Quite
uneasy
☐Against
it
☐Don’t
know
Question 4: If a COVID-19 vaccine was available at my local pharmacy, I
would:
☐Get
it as soon as possible
☐Get
it when I have time
☐Delay
getting it
☐Avoid
getting it for as long as possible
☐Never
get it
☐Don’t
know
Question 5: If my family or friends were thinking of getting a COVID-19
vaccination, I would:
☐Strongly
encourage them
☐Encourage
them
☐Not
say anything to them about it
☐Ask
them to delay getting the vaccination
☐Suggest
that they do not get the vaccination
☐Don’t
know
Question 6: I would describe myself as:
☐Eager
to get a COVID-19 vaccine
☐Willing
to get the COVID-19 vaccine
☐Not
bothered about getting the COVID-19 vaccine
☐Unwilling
to get the COVID-19 vaccine
☐Anti-vaccination
for COVID-19
☐Don’t
know
Question 7: Taking a COVID-19 vaccination is:
☐Really
important
☐Important
☐Neither
important nor unimportant
☐Unimportant
☐Really
unimportant
☐Don’t
know