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. 2024 Feb 22;12:1298070. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1298070

Table 2.

The HBM relevant variables for the willingness to receive the second dose of COVID-19 booster vaccination.

> = 65 years <65 years OR (95%CI) p-Value
N (%) N (%)
Individual-level variables
Positive attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine booster dose, n (%) agree/strongly agree
Receiving a booster dose can maintain your antibody level and strengthen the protection against COVID-19 147 (52.7%) 331 (53.9%) 0.952 (0.717, 1.264) 0.735
A booster dose is highly effective in protecting you from COVID-19 variants of concern (e.g., Omicron) 114 (40.9%) 282 (45.9%) 0.813 (0.611, 1.083) 0.158
A booster dose is highly effective in preventing severe consequences of COVID-19 134 (48.0%) 297 (48.4%) 0.986 (0.743, 1.309) 0.924
Negative attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine booster dose, n (%) agree/strongly agree
The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is weaker among people with cancers 52 (18.9%) 117 (19.2%) 0.981 (0.682, 1.410) 0.916
Cancer therapy would reduce the protection of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose 98 (35.1%) 211 (34.4%) 1.034 (0.768, 1.392) 0.825
The side effects of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose are more severe among people with cancers 126 (45.2%) 260 (42.4%) 1.121 (0.843, 1.491) 0.431
The duration of protection of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is shorter among people with cancers 95 (34.0%) 213 (34.7%) 0.972 (0.721, 1.310) 0.852
COVID-19 vaccine booster dose would negatively affect the control of cancers 118 (42.3%) 262 (42.7%) 0.985 (0.740, 1.311) 0.916
Perceived subjective norm related to COVID-19 vaccine booster dose, n (%) agree/strongly agree
People who are important to you (e.g., family member, doctors) would support you to receive a booster dose 145 (52.0%) 282 (45.9%) 1.274 (0.959, 1.691) 0.094
Doctors would support you to uptake 57 (20.4%) 138 (22.5%) 0.886 (0.626, 1.253) 0.493
a booster dose
Family member would support you to uptake a booster dose 69 (24.7%) 174 (28.3%) 0.831 (0.601, 1.148) 0.262
Perceived behavioral control to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose, n (%) agree/strongly agree
Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is easy for you if you want to 128 (45.9%) 287 (46.7%) 0.966 (0.727, 1.283) 0.810
Vaccination fatigue, n (%) agree/strongly agree
You are tired of receiving COVID-19 vaccination over and over again 55 (19.7%) 95 (15.5%) 1.341 (0.929, 1.937) 0.116
Media influences related to COVID-19 and vaccination
Frequency of exposure to the following contents on TV, radio, newspaper and internet, n (%) sometimes/always
Infectivity of the COVID-19 217 (77.8%) 510 (83.1%) 0.714 (0.502, 1.015) 0.060
Risk of having severe consequences or death is relatively low following infection of the COVID-19 180 (64.5%) 421 (68.6%) 0.834 (0.618, 1.124) 0.232
COVID-19 pandemic is not under control after COVID-19 vaccination rollout 152 (54.48%) 319 (51.95%) 1.107 (0.833, 1.470) 0.483
Some people become infected with COVID-19 after completion of their primary vaccine series 180 (64.52%) 375 (61.07%) 1.159 (0.864, 1.555) 0.326
Frequency of thoughtful consideration about veracity of COVID-19-specific information 149 (53.4%) 354 (57.7%) 0.842 (0.633, 1.119) 0.235

OR, odds ratios; CI, confidence interval.