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. 2022 Aug 3;2022(8):CD015270. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015270

Pink 2021.

Study characteristics
Methods 
  • Study design: randomised controlled trial

  • Type of publication: journal publication

  • Setting and dates: online survey, March 17 to 24, 2021

  • Country: USA

  • Language: English

Interventions
  • Republicans endorse condition (2‐minute excerpt from a speech given by former President Donald Trump in which he claimed credit for the vaccine development, criticised the Biden administration’s role, and encouraged people to get vaccinated)

  • Democrats endorse condition (2‐minute excerpt from a speech given by President Joseph Biden, in which he detailed efforts to increase vaccinations and encouraged all Americans to get vaccinated)

  • Neutral control condition (essay about the history of neckties and a video about how to tie a tie)

Population 
  • Population: Republicans

  • Age (Median): 47

  • Gender: 59% Female, 41% Male

  • Ethnicity: NR

  • Number of participants (recruited/allocated/evaluated): 1480

  • Inclusion/exclusion criteria: NR

Outcomes
  • Vaccination intention

  • Attitudes toward the vaccine

  • Willingness to encourage family and friends to vaccinate

  • Belief that Republicans deserve credit for the vaccination program

  • Belief that party leaders would want the respondent to vaccinate

  • Percentage of Republicans the respondent believed will vaccinate

Notes
  • COI: NR

  • Funding: Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society