Pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures will overlap for a period after the onset of the pandemic, playing a strong role in virus containment. We explored which factors influence the likelihood to adopt two different preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. An online snowball sampling (May–June 2020) collected a total of 448 questionnaires in Italy. A Bayesian bivariate Gaussian regression model jointly investigated the willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to download the national contact tracing app. A mixed-effects cumulative logistic model explored which factors affected the motivation to adopt one of the two preventive measures. Despite both COVID-19 vaccines and tracing apps being indispensable tools to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2, our results suggest that adherence to the vaccine or to the national contact tracing app is not predicted by the same factors. Therefore, public communication on these measures needs to take in consideration not only the perceived risk associated with COVID-19, but also the trust people place in politics and science, their concerns and doubts about vaccinations, and their employment status. Further, the results suggest that the motivation to comply with these measurements was predominantly to protect others rather than self-protection.

Caserotti M., Girardi P., Tasso A., Rubaltelli E., Lotto L., Gavaruzzi T. (2022). Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1), 793-793 [10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9].

Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gavaruzzi T.
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2022

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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures will overlap for a period after the onset of the pandemic, playing a strong role in virus containment. We explored which factors influence the likelihood to adopt two different preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. An online snowball sampling (May–June 2020) collected a total of 448 questionnaires in Italy. A Bayesian bivariate Gaussian regression model jointly investigated the willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to download the national contact tracing app. A mixed-effects cumulative logistic model explored which factors affected the motivation to adopt one of the two preventive measures. Despite both COVID-19 vaccines and tracing apps being indispensable tools to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2, our results suggest that adherence to the vaccine or to the national contact tracing app is not predicted by the same factors. Therefore, public communication on these measures needs to take in consideration not only the perceived risk associated with COVID-19, but also the trust people place in politics and science, their concerns and doubts about vaccinations, and their employment status. Further, the results suggest that the motivation to comply with these measurements was predominantly to protect others rather than self-protection.
2022
Caserotti M., Girardi P., Tasso A., Rubaltelli E., Lotto L., Gavaruzzi T. (2022). Joint analysis of the intention to vaccinate and to use contact tracing app during the COVID-19 pandemic. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1), 793-793 [10.1038/s41598-021-04765-9].
Caserotti M.; Girardi P.; Tasso A.; Rubaltelli E.; Lotto L.; Gavaruzzi T.
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