Table 3.

Predictive factors related with mpox vaccine hesitancy in binary logistic analysis (N = 7311).

Variables	Mpox vaccine acceptance NO. (%)	Mpox vaccine hesitancy NO. (%)	OR (95%CI)	P Value
History of STDs
Yes	423 (50.5%)	414 (49.5%)	1.035 (0.824–1.301)	.765
No	1991 (40.6%)	2914 (59.4%)	0.828 (0.711–0.966)	.016
Undetected and unclear	793 (50.5%)	776 (49.5%)	Ref
Knew about mpox previously
Yes	2862 (42.8%)	3821 (57.2%)	0.781 (0.62–0.983)	.035
No	345 (54.9%)	283 (45.1%)	Ref
Frequency of information following about mpox
Often	324 (18.9%)	1388 (81.1%)	0.483 (0.408–0.572)	<.001
Sometime	1440 (43.4%)	1379 (43.4%)	0.843 (0.733–0.969)	.017
Seldom or never	1443 (51.1%)	1337 (48.1%)	Ref
People can get reinfected
Yes	589 (18.1%)	2674 (81.9%)	0.319 (0.275–0.37)	<.001
No	1371 (69.1%)	613 (30.9%)	0.993 (0.841–1.171)	.93
unclear	1247 (60.4%)	817 (39.6%)	Ref
HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected mpox cases show similar symptoms
Yes	1298 (32%)	2758 (68%)	0.538 (0.465–0.622)	<.001
No	442 (47.1%)	496 (52.9%)	0.793 (0.646–0.975)	.028
unclear	1467 (63.6%)	850 (36.7%)	Ref
Have worries about mpox endemic in China
Yes	696 (17.2%)	3342 (82.8%)	0.133 (0.117–0.151)	<.001
No	2511 (76.7%)	762 (23.3%)	Ref
Smallpox vaccine with high protection
Yes	915 (26.8%)	2495 (73.2%)	0.498 (0.435–0.57)	<.001
No	368 (47%)	415 (53%)	0.769 (0.625–0.947)	.013
unclear	1924 (61.7%)	1194 (38.3%)	Ref
Confidence
No	1099 (51.4%)	1041 (48.6%)	1.174 (1.021–1.35)	.024
Yes	2108 (40.8%)	3063 (59.2%)	Ref
Complacency
No	2883 (41.8%)	4019 (58.2%)	0.536 (0.373–0.77)	.001
Yes	324 (79.2%)	85 (20.8%)	Ref
Convenience
No	464 (80.7%)	111 (19.3%)	1.924 (1.42–2.607)	<.001
Yes	2743 (40.7%)	3993 (59.3%)	Ref

Abbreviations: STD, sexually transmitted disease; Ref, reference; OR, odds ratio.