Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale

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Objective: This study was planned to adapt the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale to Turkish and evaluateits validity and reliability.Material and Methods: This research was conducted methodologically. The sample of the studyconsisted of 317 individuals from the patient relatives in the waiting rooms, who have childrenbetween the ages 9-16, who applied to the Suleyman Demirel University Hospital policlinic inDecember 2019. A questionnaire developed by the researcher and the Vaccine Hesitancy Scalewere used as data collection tools.Results: Explanatory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis methods were used toevaluate the validity and reliability of the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale. In the Vaccine HesitancyScale, the Kaiser-Mayer-Olkin coefficient was 0.897 and the Bartlett test’s chi-square valuewas 1319.67 and the result was significant (P <0.001). Considering the factor loads of the items, itvaries between 0.608 and 0.845. As a result of the explanatory factor analysis, it was seen thatthe scale consists of two factors. This finding is consistent with the original form of the scale. Theinternal consistency coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.86.Conclusion: As a result of the validity and reliability analysis, the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale wasfound to be a valid and reliable scale for the Turkish society, which consists of 9 items and 2sub-dimensions.