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. 2020 Mar 19;8(1):136. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010136

Table 2.

Positive vaccination perception rate (PVPR) and odds ratio (gross cOR and mutually adjusted aOR) for the whole sample of respondents.

Predictors Number of Subjects cOR aOR p-Value
N n PVPR (%)
Sex Male 200 180 90 (85.0–93.8) 1 1
Female 522 417 79.9 (76.2–83.2) 0.44 (0.27–0.73) 0.84 (0.47–1.51) 0.559
Faculty Medicine 386 354 91.7 (88.5–94.3) 1 1
Education 336 243 72.3 (67.2–77) 0.24 (0.15–0.36) 0.34 (0.20–0.58) <0.0001
Smoker Yes 73 62 84.9 (74.6–92.2) 1 1
No 649 535 82.4 (79.3–85.3) 0.83 (0.43–1.63) 0.64 (0.29–1.41) 0.269
Nutrition No restriction 650 540 83.1 (80.0–85.9) 1 1
Patient diet 31 24 77.4 (58.9–90.4) 0.70 (0.29–1.66) 0.77 (0.27–2.16) 0.615
Over-weight diet 25 21 84 (63.9–95.5) 1.07 (0.36–3.18) 1.65 (0.44–6.24) 0.457
Alternative nutrition 16 12 75 (47.6–92.7) 0.61 (0.19–1.93) 0.64 (0.14–2.80) 0.550
Alternative medicine Yes 122 77 63.1 (53.9–71.7) 1 1
No 600 520 86.7 (83.7–89.3) 3.80 (2.45–5.88) 1.85 (1.09–3.16) 0.023
Negative vaccination experience No 673 571 84.8 (81.9–87.5) 1 1
Possible 27 17 63 (42.4–80.6) 0.30 (0.14–0.68) 0.82 (0.29–2.36) 0.716
Yes 22 9 40.9 (20.7–63.6) 0.12 (0.05–0.30) 0.73 (0.21–2.54) 0.624
Fear of infectious diseases No 189 139 73.5 (66.7–79.7) 1 1
Possible 299 238 79.6 (74.6–84) 1.40 (0.91–2.15) 1.30 (0.80–2.13) 0.290
Yes 234 220 94 (90.2–96.7) 5.65 (3.01–10.61) 6.65 (3.12–14.18) <0.0001
Fear of adverse events No 616 543 88.1 (85.3–90.6) 1 1
Possible 73 41 56.2 (44.1–67.8) 0.17 (0.10–0.29) 0.16 (0.09–0.31) <0.0001
Yes 33 13 39.4 (22.9–57.9) 0.09 (0.04–0.18) 0.07 (0.02–0.21) <0.0001