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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Individuals with mental and physical disorders have been disproportionately affected by adverse health outcomes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet vaccine hesitancy persists despite clear evidence of health benefits. Therefore, our study explored factors influencing willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.METHODS: Individuals with mental illness (n=332), physical illness (n=331), and no health issues (n=328) were recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk. Participants rated willingness to obtain a fully approved COVID-19 vaccine or a vaccine approved only for experimental/emergency use and influences in six domains upon their views. We examined differences by health status.RESULTS: Participants across groups were moderately willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Perceived risk was negatively associated with willingness. Participants differentiated between vaccine risk by approval stage and were less willing to receive an experimental vaccine. Individuals with mental illness rated risk of both vaccines similarly to healthy individuals. Individuals with physical illness expressed less willingness to receive an experimental vaccine. Domain influences differently affected willingness by health status as well as by vaccine approval status.CONCLUSIONS: Our findings are reassuring regarding the ability of people with mental disorders to appreciate risk in medical decision-making and the ability of people of varied health backgrounds to distinguish between the benefits and risks of clinical care and research, refuting the prevailing notions of psychiatric exceptionalism and therapeutic misconception. Our findings shine a light on potential paths forward to support vaccine acceptance.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.017
View details for PubMedID 36191518