{"title":"Correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in Japan: A nationally-representative cross-sectional survey","authors":"Yukihiro Sato, Ichiro Kawachi, Yasuaki Saijo, Eiji Yoshioka, Ken Osaka, Takahiro Tabuchi","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.06.24313228","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Background</strong> The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increase in conspiracy theories worldwide. However, the prevalence of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs among Japanese has remained unclear. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs in Japan using a nationwide survey of 28,175 residents aged 16–81 years old.","PeriodicalId":501071,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Epidemiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"medRxiv - Epidemiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.06.24313228","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increase in conspiracy theories worldwide. However, the prevalence of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs among Japanese has remained unclear. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs in Japan using a nationwide survey of 28,175 residents aged 16–81 years old.