Table 2. Factors associated with mpox awareness and willingness for vaccination among study participants (n=501).
| Awareness of mpox | Willingness for mpox vaccination | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No n (%) |
Yes n (%) |
P (χ2 or t-test) |
No n (%) |
Yes n (%) |
P (χ2 or t- test) |
| Overall | 207 (41.3) |
294 (58.7) |
317 (63.3) | 184 (36.7) | ||
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Group | 0.82 | <0.0 01 |
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| MSM | 105 (42.0) | 145 (58.0) | 116 (46.4) |
134 (53.6) |
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| TGW | 102 (40.6) |
149 (59.4) |
201 (80.1) |
50 (19.9) |
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| Education | 0.09 | 0.96 | ||||
| ≤ higher secondary | 104 (45.6) |
124 (54.4) |
145 (63.6) |
83 (36.4) |
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| ≥ Diploma/ College degree | 103 (37.7) |
170 (62.3) |
172 (63.0) |
101 (37.0) | ||
| Recruitment mode | 0.511 | 0.00 3 |
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| Offline | 128 (42.7) |
172 (57.3) |
206 (68.7) |
94 (31.3) |
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| Online | 79 (39.3) |
122 (60.7) |
111 (55.2) |
90 (44.8) |
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| HIV Status | 0.21 | 0.02 | ||||
| HIV-negative | 200 (40.8) |
290 (59.2) |
314 (64.1) |
176 (35.9) |
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| HIV-positive | 7 (63.6) |
4 (36.4) |
3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | ||
| Age (years) mean (SD) | 28.3 (5.8) |
29.7 (6.4) |
0.01 | 28.8 (5.8) |
29.6 (6.9) |
0.19 |
| Monthly income | 14396 | 15973 | 15196 | 15575 | ||
| (INR) mean (SD) | (7329) | (9811) | 0.04 | (7912) | (10480) | 0.68 |
| HIV/STI risk and prevention behaviors | ||||||
| Sex work (in the past month) | 0.68 | <0.0 01 |
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| No | 87 (42.6) |
117 (57.4) |
99 (48.5) | 105 (51.5) |
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| Yes | 120 (40.4) |
177 (59.6) |
218 (73.4) |
79 (26.6) |
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| Inconsistent condom use with any type of male partner (past 2 months) | 0.31 | <0.0 01 |
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| Always/Everytime | 73 (44.8) |
90 (55.2) |
72 (44.2) |
91 (55.8) |
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| Never | 134 (39.6) |
204 (60.4) |
245 (72.5) |
93 (27.5) |
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| Inconsistent condom use male non-regular partners (past 2 months) | 0.51 | <0.0 01 |
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| Always/Everytime | 66 (43.1) |
87 (56.9) |
69 (45.1) |
84 (54.9) |
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| Never | 112 (39.4) |
172 (60.6) |
213 (75.0) | 71 (25.0) | ||
|
Inconsistent condom use with male regular partner (past 2 months) |
0.57 | <0.0 01 |
||||
| Always/Everytime | 36 (34.6) |
68 (65.4) |
45 (43.3) |
59 (56.7) |
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| Never | 83 (38.6) |
132 (61.4) |
150 (69.8) |
65 (30.2) |
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| PrEP awareness | <0.00 1 |
0.21 | ||||
| No | 139 (48.1) |
150 (51.9) |
190 (65.7) |
99 (34.3) |
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| Yes | 68 (32.1) |
144 (67.9) |
127 (59.9) |
85 (40.1) |
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| Number of male non-regular sexual partners (past 2 months) mean (SD) | 41.9 (3.9) |
48.9 (3.4) |
0.18 | 63.9 (3.5) |
15.1 (1.9) |
<0.0 01 |
| Prior vaccination experience | ||||||
| COVID-19 vaccination (completed 2 doses) | 0.01 | 0.66 | ||||
| No | 26 (60.5) |
17 (39.5) |
29 (67.4) |
14 (32.6) |
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| Yes | 181 (39.5) |
277 (60.5) |
288 (62.9) |
170 (37.1) |
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| Psychosocial conditions | ||||||
| Depression | 0.316 | <0.0 01 |
||||
| No | 127 (43.3) |
166 (56.7) |
153 (52.2) |
140 (47.8) |
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| Yes | 80 (38.5) |
128 (61.5) |
164 (78.8) |
44 (21.2) |
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| Anxiety | ||||||
| 0.08 | <0.0 01 |
|||||
| No | 103 (45.8) |
122 (54.2) |
117 (52.0) |
108 (48.0) |
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| Yes | 104 (37.7) |
172 (62.3) |
200 (72.5) |
76 (27.5) |
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| Ever heard of mpox? | - | - | - | |||
| (prior to survey) | 0.07 | |||||
| No | - | - | - | 141 (68.1%) | 66 (31.9%) | |
| Yes | - | - | - | 176 (59.9%) |
118 (40.1%) |
|
| Awareness of high burden of mpox among MSM/TGW | - | - | - | 0.03 | ||
| No | - | - | - | 211 (67.0%) | 104 (33.0%) | |
| Yes | - | - | - | 106 (57.0%) |
80 (43.0%) | |