Validity and Reliability of a Brief Scale of Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in a Peruvian Sample

• Published in: Journal of primary care & community health Vol. 13; p. 21501319221075407
• Main Authors: Morales-García, Wilter C., Huancahuire-Vega, Salomón, Saintila, JackSaint, Ruiz Mamani, Percy G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2022; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Adequacy; Clinical research; Confirmatory factor analysis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Cronbach's alpha; Cross-Sectional Studies; Exploratory factor analysis; Humans; Immunization; Intention; Latin America Health: Public Policy and Primary Care; Pandemics; Peru; Quantitative psychology; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vaccination; Peru; COVID-19; confirmatory factor analysis; validity; vaccine intention; reliability
• ISSN: 2150-1319; 2150-1327
• DOI: 10.1177/21501319221075407

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of a brief scale measuring intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in a Peruvian sample in the context of the current pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional and instrumental study was carried out. A total of 547 Peruvian citizens selected through non-probability convenience sampling participated. Considering existing theories of vaccination hesitancy, 12 items were proposed that evaluate the intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 and the internal structure was evaluated through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was analyzed with the ordinal alpha coefficient. Results: The exploratory factor analysis yielded a structure of 2 oblique factors that explain 69% of the total variance and the items saturated between 0.52 and 0.97. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that, of 4 models analyzed, the fourth model that was composed of 6 items presented optimal indices of goodness-of-fit (X2 = 11.089, P = .197, CFI = 0.999, TLI = 0.999, RMSEA = 0.034 [IC 90%, 0.000-0.077], SRMR = 0.016). Reliability analysis through the ordinal alpha coefficient yielded that the brief scale of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 has adequate internal consistency (α = .91). Conclusions: The brief scale of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 presents adequate psychometric properties that demonstrate validity and reliability and can be used in future research and clinical practice.