Table 3.

Reported attitudes and beliefs about COVID-19 vaccination in groups that were hesitant and non-hesitant towards the COVID-19 booster vaccination.

Attitudes	Non Hesitant (n = 69)	Hesitant (n = 121)	p-Value
Fear of vaccine side effects	28 (41%)	75 (62%)	0.004
Reported vaccine side effects among family/friends	6 (9%)	31 (21%)	0.005
Low perceived efficacy of vaccine	3 (4%)	45 (37%)	<0.001
Early vaccine distribution	23 (33%)	57 (41%)	0.064
No need due to previous COVID-19 infection	4 (6%)	21 (17%)	0.023
Belief that infection confers much greater immunity than a vaccine	1 (1%)	15 (12%)	0.009
Perception of low susceptibility to disease or possible infection would not be severe	1 (1%)	10 (8%)	0.053
Against vaccinations in general	4 (4%)	6 (4%)	0.727
Information insufficiency	26 (38%)	45 (37%)	0.946
Belief that vaccine development is a way for pharmaceutical companies to make a profit/conspiracy belief	4 (6%)	15 (12%)	0.145
Pregnancy	6 (9%)	3 (3%)	0.052