Table 3.

The comparison of the VHS and VHSP scores according to characteristics of vaccine hesitant HCWs (n = 143).

		n	The Average Vaccine Hesitancy Scale Score	p	The Average Vaccine Hesitancy Scale in Pandemics Score	p
Gender	Female	68	2.46	0.178	3.02	0.967
	Male	75	2.60		3.02
Marital Status	Married	67	2.51	0.679	3.08	0.405
	Single	76	2.55		2.97
Chronic diseases	Yes	26	2.45	0.758	3.06	0.803
	No	117	2.54		3.01
Education‡	Primary and high school	37	2.49	0.546	2.93	0.405
	University, MSc, PhD	106	2.54		3.06
Profession‡	Nurse	38	2.44	0.229	3.16	0.373
	Physician	2	2.09		2.95
	Technician	22	2.48		2.76
	Administration	35	2.72		3.19
	Ancillary worker	64	2.56		2.93
	Other HCWs	16	2.33		2.92
Smoking	Yes	56	2.38	0.022*	2.89	0.107
	No	87	2.62		3.11
COVID-19 History in past	Yes	46	2.52	0.949	3.02	0.996
	No	97	2.53		3.02
Contact to COVID-19 patients	Yes	28	2.51	0.708	3.02	0.991
	No	115	2.52		3.02
Lost someone due to COVID-19	Yes	10	2.68	0.435	3.28	0.291
	No	133	2.52		3.00
If there are other unsafe vaccines except COVID-19 vaccines	Yes	73	2.70	<0.001*	3.39	<0.001*
	No	70	2.35		2.64
If there are any childhood vaccine you don’t suggest	Yes	40	2.78	0.002*	3.40	<0.001*
	No	103	2.43		2.87

^*p < 0.005, t-test and ANOVA (‡) was use during analysis.