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

Table 5. Exploratory factor analysis of the reasons for receiving the hepatitis B vaccine, questionnaire completed by healthcare workers at the Clinical Centre of Serbia, December 2015 (n=352).

Reasons Mean score
(n = 233)
Factor 1
Social influence
Factor 2
Knowledge of disease
Factor 3
Threat of disease
Recommendation of friend 3.2 ± 2.2 0.770 0.156 0.156
Recommendation of spouse/partner 2.4 ± 1.3 0.836 0.153 0.228
Recommendation of superior/supervisor 4.3 ± 2.2 0.761 0.237 0.153
Behaviour of someone I respect (role model) 3.6 ± 2.4 0.821 0.209 0.104
Recommendation of physician 2.7 ± 1.8 0.636 0.383 0.255
I provide care for hepatitis patients 4.9 ± 2.3 0.431 0.381 0.549
Previous needlestick/sharps injury 5.3 ± 2.6 0.109 -0.079 0.815
Possible restriction from patient care if infected 4.2 ± 2.1 0.229 0.448 0.615
Concern about professional liability 3.7 ± 1.7 0.074 0.436 0.656
Friend/co-worker developed occupational hepatitis 4.4 ± 2.3 0.295 0.425 0.564
Information letter from employer 4.0 ± 1.9 0.397 0.698 0.041
Information obtained from professional sources 5.4 ± 1.8 0.158 0.790 0.087
Information obtained from general media 4.0 ± 2.1 0.468 0.597 0.033

Bold values indicate the highest loading weights.