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.
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1.
Would you take a COVID-19 vaccine (approved for use in the UK) if
offered?
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Definitely Probably I may or I may not Probably not Definitely not Don’t know |
2.
If there is a COVID-19 vaccine available:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Really important Important Neither important nor unimportant Unimportant Really unimportant Don’t know |