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. 2021 Nov 24;9(12):1384.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9121384.

Data-Driven Decision Making and Proactive Citizen-Scientist Communication: A Cross-Sectional Study on COVID-19 Vaccination Adherence

Emil Syundyukov  1   2 , Martins Mednis  1 , Linda Zaharenko  1 , Eva Pildegovica  1   3 , Ieva Danovska  1 , Svjatoslavs Kistkins  4 , Abraham Seidmann  5   6 , Arriel Benis  7   8 , Valdis Pirags  4 , Lilian Tzivian  9
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Data-Driven Decision Making and Proactive Citizen-Scientist Communication: A Cross-Sectional Study on COVID-19 Vaccination Adherence

Emil Syundyukov et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

Due to the severe impact of COVID-19 on public health, rollout of the vaccines must be large-scale. Current solutions are not intended to promote an active collaboration between communities and public health researchers. We aimed to develop a digital platform for communication between scientists and the general population, and to use it for an exploratory study on factors associated with vaccination readiness. The digital platform was developed in Latvia and was equipped with dynamic consent management. During a period of six weeks 467 participants were enrolled in the population-based cross-sectional exploratory study using this platform. We assessed demographics, COVID-19-related behavioral and personal factors, and reasons for vaccination. Logistic regression models adjusted for the level of education, anxiety, factors affecting the motivation to vaccinate, and risk of infection/severe disease were built to investigate their association with vaccination readiness. In the fully adjusted multiple logistic regression model, factors associated with vaccination readiness were anxiety (odds ratio, OR = 3.09 [95% confidence interval 1.88; 5.09]), feelings of social responsibility (OR = 1.61 [1.16; 2.22]), and trust in pharmaceutical companies (OR = 1.53 [1.03; 2.27]). The assessment of a large number of participants in a six-week period show the potential of a digital platform to create a data-driven dialogue on vaccination readiness.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccination readiness; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; data-driven communication; digital health; health communication; immunization programs; vaccination hesitancy; vaccination refusal; web-based survey.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Digital engagement platform.
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Report received after participation in the survey.
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Dynamic consent management.
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