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. 2023 Nov 10;102(45):e35747. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000035747

Table 3.

Knowledge related to booster dose among respondents.

Number of doses Total P value
All three doses
(n = 112)
Not vaccinated
(n = 13)
Single or double
(n = 172)
Have you heard that booster dose of
COVID vaccine is available at health centers?
Don’t know 4 0 21 25 .00
16.0% .0% 84.0% 100.0%
No 48 7 24 79
60.8% 8.9% 30.4% 100.0%
Yes 60 6 127 193
31.1% 3.1% 65.8% 100.0%
Is the technology used in booster dose, similar
to the 1st and 2nd dose of the vaccine?
Don’t know 3 0 67 70 .00
4.3% .0% 95.7% 100.0%
No 29 4 21 54
53.7% 7.4% 38.9% 100.0%
Yes 80 9 84 173
46.2% 5.2% 48.6% 100.0%
Currently, which of the booster dose is available? Covishield 0 0 7 7 .00
.0% .0% 100.0% 100.0%
Covaxin 28 1 6 35
80.0% 2.9% 17.1% 100.0%
Pfizer 49 9 147 205
23.9% 4.4% 71.7% 100.0%
Sputnik 35 3 12 50
70.0% 6.0% 24.0% 100.0%
Is a booster dose required for additional
protection against a variant of COVID-19?
Don’t know 4 0 55 59 .00
6.8% .0% 93.2% 100.0%
No 11 1 13 25
44.0% 4.0% 52.0% 100.0%
Yes 97 12 104 213
45.5% 5.6% 48.8% 100.0%
Does a previously infected (COVID-19)
person need a booster dose?
Don’t know 12 2 49 63 .00
19.0% 3.2% 77.8% 100.0%
No 46 0 18 64
71.9% .0% 28.1% 100.0%
Yes 54 11 105 170
31.8% 6.5% 61.8% 100.0%
Do you know someone who ever had a bad side effect to the booster dose?
Don’t know 5 0 12 17 .00
29.4% .0% 70.6% 100.0%
No 87 12 155 254
34.3% 4.7% 61.0% 100.0%
Yes 20 1 5 26
76.9% 3.8% 19.2% 100.0%