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

Table 5.

Willingness for the second dose of COVID-19 Booster vaccination and associated factors among patients under 65 years (N = 614).

Characteristics Prevalence of inclination
n/N (%)
cOR (95%CI) p-value aOR (95%CI) p-value
Individual-level variables
Positive Attitude Scale
Receiving a booster dose can maintain your antibody level and strengthen the protection against COVID-19
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 53/283 (18.7%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 165/331 (49.8%) 4.313 (2.985, 6.234) <0.001 4.805 (3.179, 7.262) <0.001
A booster dose is highly effective in protecting you from COVID-19 variants of concern (e.g., Omicron)
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 62/332 (18.7%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 156/282 (55.3%) 5.392 (3.753, 7.746) <0.001 4.915 (3.320, 7.277) <0.001
A booster dose is highly effective in preventing severe consequences of COVID-19
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 62/317 (19.6%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 156/297 (52.5%) 4.550 (3.178, 6.516) <0.001 4.202 (2.844, 6.208) <0.001
Negative Attitude Scale
The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is weaker among people with cancers
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 69/223 (30.9%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 26/52 (50.0%) 1.714 (1.139, 2.580) 0.009 1.739 (1.103, 2.741) 0.017
Cancer therapy would reduce the protection of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 149/403 (37.0%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 69/211 (32.7) 0.828 (0.583, 1.177) 0.294 0.884 (0.602, 1.299) 0.531
The side effects of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose are more severe among people with cancers
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 137/354 (38.7%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 81/260 (31.2%) 0.717 (0.511, 1.006) 0.053 0.841 (0.580, 1.219) 0.361
The duration of protection of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is shorter among people with cancers
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 147/401 (36.7%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 71/213 (33.3%) 0.864 (0.609, 1.226) 0.412 0.972 (0.662, 1.427) 0.884
COVID-19 vaccine booster dose would negatively affect the control of cancer
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 68/161 (42.2%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 27/118 (22.9%) 0.586 (0.416, 0.825) 0.02 0.711 (0.489, 1.033) 0.074
Perceived subjective norm
People who are important to you (e.g., family member, doctors) would support you to receive a booster dose
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 122/332 (36.7%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 96/282 (34.0%) 0.888 (0.637, 1.239) 0.485 0.779 (0.540, 1.125) 0.183
Doctors would support you to uptake a booster
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 130/476 (27.3%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 88/138 (63.8%) 4.684 (3.136, 6.998) <0.001 3.794 (2.432, 5.918) <0.001
Family member would support you to uptake a booster
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 113/440 (25.7%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 105/174 (60.3%) 4.404 (3.037, 6.385) <0.001 4.237 (2.798, 6.416) <0.001
Perceived behavioral control
Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is easy for you if you want to
No (Strongly disagree or disagree or neutral) 125/327 (38.2%) Reference Reference
Yes (Strongly agree or agree) 93/287 (32.4%) 0.775 (0.555, 1.081) 0.133 0.626 (0.432, 0.908) 0.014
Vaccination fatigue (tired of receiving COVID-19 vaccination over and over again) 133
No (Very unlikely or unlikely or neutral) 180/519 (34.7%) Reference Reference
Yes (Very likely or likely) 38/95 (40.0%) 1.256 (0.802, 1.966) 0.319 1.099 (0.671, 1.800) 0.707
Interpersonal variables
Media Exposure Scale
Infectivity of the Omicron variant of COVID-19
Almost never/seldom 25/104 (24.0%) Reference Reference
Sometimes/always 193/510 (37.8%) 1.924 (1.186, 3.122) 0.007 1.619 (0.956, 2.743) 0.073
Risk of having severe consequences or death is relatively low following infection of the COVID-19
Almost never/seldom 53/193 (27.5%) Reference Reference
Sometimes/always 165/421 (39.2%) 1.703 (1.174, 2.469) 0.005 1.470 (0.979, 2.205) 0.063
COVID-19 pandemic is not under control after COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Almost never/seldom 91/295 (30.8%) Reference Reference
Sometimes/always 127/319 (39.8%) 1.483 (1.062, 2.070) 0.020 1.219 (0.844, 1.760) 0.291
Some people contract COVID-19 after completion of their primary vaccine series
Almost never/seldom 76/239 (31.8%) Reference Reference
Sometimes/always 142/375 (37.9%) 1.307 (0.928, 1.842) 0.126 1.041 (0.710, 1.526) 0.836
Frequency of thoughtful consideration about veracity of COVID-19-specific information
Almost never/seldom 42/260 (16.2%) Reference Reference
Sometimes/always 176/354 (49.7%) 5.132 (3.473, 7.584) <0.001 4.153 (2.716, 6.352) <0.001

Statistically significant values are identified in boldface (p < 0.05); cOR, crude odds ratios; aOR, adjusted odds ratios, odds ratios adjusted for significant sociodemographic characteristics listed in Table 4 and incorporated together into the same model; CI, confidence interval.