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. 2017 Apr 20;22(16):30515. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.16.30515

Table 4. Exploratory factor analysis of the reasons for not receiving the hepatitis B vaccine, questionnaire completed by healthcare workers at the Clinical Centre of Serbia, December 2015 (n=352).

Reasons Mean score
(n = 109)
Factor 1:
Threat of disease
Factor 2:
Knowledge of disease
Factor 3:
Social influence
Factor 4:
Access to care
Factor 5:
Risk denial
Concern about possible jaundice due to vaccination 2.9 ± 1.8 0.848 0.041 0.128 0.143 0.040
Concern about possible HIV infection due to vaccination 1.8 ± 1.1 0.672 0.212 0.127 0.320 -0.307
Concern about side effects of vaccine 3.9 ± 2.1 0.873 -0.004 0.148 0.048 0.205
Unconvinced of efficacy of vaccine 3.8 ± 1.9 0.884 -0.020 0.102 -0.023 0.142
Behaviour of someone I respect (role model) 1.7 ± 1.0 0.236 0.213 0.783 0.126 0.094
Have not received letter of invitation to be vaccinated against HBV 3.5 ± 2.2 -0.029 0.085 0.069 0.811 0.166
Insufficient information about the vaccine 2.9 ± 1.3 0.051 0.871 0.096 0.090 0.092
Insufficient information about the disease 2.6 ± 1.4 0.060 0.902 0.116 0.164 -0.104
Unable to afford the vaccine 2.4 ± 1.5 -0.001 0.806 0.113 0.208 0.168
Too busy/never enough time 3.9 ± 1.9 -0.095 0.187 0.055 0.699 0.309
Difficulty in obtaining the vaccine 2.5 ± 1.7 0.124 0.329 0.195 0.742 0.222
Fear of needles/injections 2.0 ± 1.5 0.366 0.063 0.017 0.797 -0.080
Not at increased risk 4.0 ± 2.2 0.320 0.041 -0.109 0.103 0.587
Someone’s (friend, partner, colleague) recommendation 1.4 ± 0.9 0.098 -0.069 0.831 0.069 -0.091
Physician’s recommendation 1.7 ± 1.1 0.076 0.235 0.853 0.025 0.001

Bold values indicate the highest loading weights.