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. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720005188

These questions ask how you would respond if there was an approved COVID-19 vaccine for the NHS.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Taking a COVID-19 vaccination is:

☐Really important

☐Important

☐Neither important nor unimportant

☐Unimportant

☐Really unimportant

☐Don’t know