Table 3.
Experiences and anxiety related to vaccination among control group and healthcare workers.
| Healthcare Workers | Control Group | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors | Administrative | Total | |||
| Do you plan to get vaccinated? | |||||
| Yes—overall | 238 (94.44%) |
83 (61.48%) |
321 (82.95%) |
1039 (54.31%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| As soon as possible | 223 (88.49%) |
62 (45.93%) |
285 (73.64%) | 561 (29.33%) |
<0.001 *, *, *, * |
| At some point in the future | 15 (5.95%) |
21 (15.56%) |
36 (9.30%) |
478 (24.99%) |
<0.001 *, *, *, * |
| No | 14 (5.56%) |
52 (38.52%) |
66 (17.05%) |
873 (45.64%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| I do not know | 3 (1.19%) |
20 (14.81) |
23 (5.94%) |
380 (19.86%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| How much are you worried about vaccination side effects on a scale of 0–10? | |||||
| Overall | 2 (1–3) | 5 (2–8) | 2 (1–5) | 4 (1–8) | <0.001 *, -, *, * |
| After previous SARS-CoV-2 infection | 2 (0–3) | 2 (2–4) | 2 (0.5–3) | 4 (1–7) | <0.001 *, *, -, * |
| What concerns you the most about getting vaccination? ^ | |||||
| Severe hypersensitivity reaction | 26 (10.32%) |
10 (7.41%) |
36 (9.30%) |
141 (7.37%) |
0.280 |
| Fever and malaise | 34 (13.49%) |
24 (17.78%) |
58 (14.99%) |
247 (12.91%) |
0.332 |
| Swelling and reddening around point of injection | 13 (5.16%) |
6 (4.44%) |
19 (4.91%) |
106 (5.54%) |
0.914 |
| Long-term complications | 81 (32.14%) |
60 (44.44%) |
141 (36.43%) | 847 (44.28%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| Conspiracy theories (overall): | 8 (3.17%) |
22 (16.3%) |
30 (7.75%) |
411 (21.48%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| Microchip injection | 0 (0%) |
5 (3.7%) |
5 (1.29%) |
127 (6.64%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| Belief that herd immunity does not exist | 2 (0.79%) |
3 (2.22%) |
5 (1.29%) |
59 (3.08%) |
0.051 |
| Limitation of civil rights | 6 (2.38%) |
18 (13.33%) |
24 (6.2%) |
299 (15.63%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| Control of births by vaccine manufacturers | 3 (1.19%) |
9 (6.67%) |
12 (3.10%) |
124 (6.48%) |
<0.001 *, -, *, * |
| Autism | 0 (0%) |
8 (5.93%) |
8 (2.07%) |
80 (4.18%) |
0.003 *, -, *, - |
| Have you ever experienced any vaccination side effects? | 63 (25%) | 20 (14.81%) | 83 (21.45%) | 267 (13.96%) | <0.001 *, -, -, * |
| If so, which one of the following ^: | |||||
| Local reaction | 53 (21.03%) | 13 (6.63%) | 66 (17.05%) | 131 (6.85%) | <0.001 *, -, -, * |
| Fever, malaise | 40 (15.87%) | 12 (8.89%) | 52 (13.44%) | 171 (8.94%) | <0.001 *, -, -, * |
| Severe reaction | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.48%) | 2 (0.52%) | 16 (0.84%) | 0.623 |
| Long-term side effects | 0 (0%) | 3 (2.22%) | 3 (0.78%) | 30 (1.57%) | 0.256 |
| Has anyone from your family experienced any side effects of vaccines? | 69 (27.38%) | 28 (20.74%) | 97 (25.06%) | 360 (18.82%) |
0.001 *, -, -, * |
| If so, which one of the following ^: | |||||
| Local reaction | 52 (20.63%) | 14 (10.37%) | 66 (17.05%) | 137 (7.16%) | <0.001 *, -, *, * |
| Fever, malaise | 51 (20.24%) | 18 (13.33%) | 69 (17.83%) | 219 (11.45%) | <0.001 *, -, -, * |
| Severe reaction | 4 (1.53%) | 6 (4.44%) | 10 (2.58%) | 56 (2.93%) | 0.416 |
| Long-term side effects | 1 (0.40%) | 5 (3.7%) | 6 (1.55%) | 57 (2.98%) |
0.040 *, -, *, - |
| Past medical history of mandatory vaccinations: |
Complete vs. rest <0.001 *, -, *, * |
||||
| Complete | 248 (98.41%) |
116 (85.93%) | 364 (96.06%) | 1685 (88.08%) |
|
| Incomplete | 4 (1.59%) |
14 (10.37%) |
18 (4.65%) |
201 (10.51%) | |
| None | 0 (0%) | 5 (3.7%) | 5 (1.29%) | 27 (1.41%) | |
| Past medical history of recommended vaccinations, n (%) | 195 (77.38%) | 40 (29.63%) | 235 (60.72%) | 598 (31.26%) | <0.001 *, -, *, * |
In bold—statistically significant differences; “*”—statistically significant differences in post hoc assessment; “-“—lack of this differences; post hoc results are presented as follows: Doctors vs. Control group, Administrative vs. Control group, Doctors vs. Administrative group, Total vs. Control group. ^—multiple-choice.