Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women
Background Pregnancy is one of the risks for severe COVID-19 infection, and receiving a vaccination is one of the effective methods to reduce disease severity. However, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women remains an issue. This study aims to develop and validate the pregnancy Vaccine Hes...
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| author | Nur Azreen Che Mood Zainab Mat Yudin Wan Muhamad Amir W Ahmad Azidah Abdul Kadir Mohd Noor Norhayati Noorfaizahtul Hanim Md Nawawi Erinna Mohamad Zon Norsiah Ali |
| author_facet | Nur Azreen Che Mood Zainab Mat Yudin Wan Muhamad Amir W Ahmad Azidah Abdul Kadir Mohd Noor Norhayati Noorfaizahtul Hanim Md Nawawi Erinna Mohamad Zon Norsiah Ali |
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| description | Background Pregnancy is one of the risks for severe COVID-19 infection, and receiving a vaccination is one of the effective methods to reduce disease severity. However, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women remains an issue. This study aims to develop and validate the pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS) toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women. Method An 8-item Malay language pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS-M) for COVID-19 was adapted from the adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale and validated using Exploratory Factor Analysis. Six expert panels were involved in content validity, and ten pregnant women were involved in face validity. A cross-sectional study on 200 pregnant women was conducted between October 2022 and March 2023 at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan. Result The item-level content validity index is 1.00, demonstrating good relevance of the eight items used to assess COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The item-level face validity index obtained is 0.99, indicating that the items were clear and comprehensible. The Cronbach alpha score was 0.944, with factor loadings ranging from 0.79 to 0.89. Conclusion The pVHS-M demonstrated good internal consistency, indicating that it is a valid and reliable tool for assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13bf78cf772845288c6b9388310057942024-03-27T15:05:15ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592024-03-0112e1713410.7717/peerj.17134Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant womenNur Azreen Che Mood0Zainab Mat Yudin1Wan Muhamad Amir W Ahmad2Azidah Abdul Kadir3Mohd Noor Norhayati4Noorfaizahtul Hanim Md Nawawi5Erinna Mohamad Zon6Norsiah Ali7School of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MalaysiaSchool of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MalaysiaSchool of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MalaysiaHospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MalaysiaDepartment of Family Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MalaysiaHospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MalaysiaHospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MalaysiaMasjid Tanah Health Clinic, Masjid Tanah, Melaka, MalaysiaBackground Pregnancy is one of the risks for severe COVID-19 infection, and receiving a vaccination is one of the effective methods to reduce disease severity. However, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women remains an issue. This study aims to develop and validate the pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS) toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women. Method An 8-item Malay language pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS-M) for COVID-19 was adapted from the adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale and validated using Exploratory Factor Analysis. Six expert panels were involved in content validity, and ten pregnant women were involved in face validity. A cross-sectional study on 200 pregnant women was conducted between October 2022 and March 2023 at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan. Result The item-level content validity index is 1.00, demonstrating good relevance of the eight items used to assess COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The item-level face validity index obtained is 0.99, indicating that the items were clear and comprehensible. The Cronbach alpha score was 0.944, with factor loadings ranging from 0.79 to 0.89. Conclusion The pVHS-M demonstrated good internal consistency, indicating that it is a valid and reliable tool for assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women.https://peerj.com/articles/17134.pdfCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 vaccinationVaccine hesitancyPregnant womenVaccine hesitancy scale |
| spellingShingle | Nur Azreen Che Mood Zainab Mat Yudin Wan Muhamad Amir W Ahmad Azidah Abdul Kadir Mohd Noor Norhayati Noorfaizahtul Hanim Md Nawawi Erinna Mohamad Zon Norsiah Ali Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women PeerJ COVID-19 infection COVID-19 vaccination Vaccine hesitancy Pregnant women Vaccine hesitancy scale |
| title | Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women |
| title_full | Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women |
| title_fullStr | Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women |
| title_short | Validation of the questionnaire “Pregnancy Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (pVHS)” toward COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysian pregnant women |
| title_sort | validation of the questionnaire pregnancy vaccine hesitancy scale pvhs toward covid 19 vaccine for malaysian pregnant women |
| topic | COVID-19 infection COVID-19 vaccination Vaccine hesitancy Pregnant women Vaccine hesitancy scale |
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