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 |
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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.