COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among persons living in homeless shelters in France

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIRB: The ECHO study received approval of the Ethical Research Committee of the University of Paris (CER-2020-41).
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.


    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    First, we need to address limitations and strengths of this study, which can influence data interpretation. First, ECHO is not representative of persons living in homeless shelters in France. However, we collaborated with several different organizations and surveyed 18 homeless shelters hosting different types of populations. Importantly, homeless shelters and participants were recruited independently of the risk of COVID-19 infection, which rules out the possibility of systematic bias. Moreover, our sample’s characteristics (a majority of young men who are migrant) is similar to that observed across homeless facilities across France (12). Second, we had no information regarding participants’ COVID-19 infection, which could influence perceptions of preventive measures and particularly vaccine acceptance. However at the time we conducted our study (May-June 2020), neither virological nor serological COVID-19 tests were easily accessible, making it difficult to ascertain the actual prevalence of infection. This lead us to focus on perceptions of the illness and its impact. Main strengths of ECHO are: a) the inclusion of a large sample of individuals living in homeless shelters in the two largest metropolitan areas of France (Paris and Lyon); b) access to translation services which made it possible to interview persons who did not speak French. Our findings are generally in line with observations from general population surveys. Previous studies had suggested that women are more...

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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