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. 2021 Mar 19;9(3):287. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9030287

Table 1.

Characteristics of the population according to the acceptance of free vaccination with an effectiveness of 60% and 80%.

Characteristics 60% Effectiveness p-Values 80% Effectiveness p-Values
No
(n = 245,
23.0%)
Yes
(n = 821,
77.0%)
No
(n = 99,
9.3%)
Yes
(n = 967,
90.7%)
Age, mean (years, ±SD) 47.4 (18) 45.1 (19) 0.003 ¥ 48.7 (20) 45.3 (19) 0.004 ¥
Gender
Male 440 (78.2) 123 (21.8) 0.031 44 (7.8) 519 (92.2) 0.187
Female 380 (75.8) 121 (24.2) 55 (11.0) 446 (89.0)
Indeterminate 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 0.024
Number of years of graduate (±SD) 19.6 (19) 17.8 (19) 0.0312 ¥ 20.8 (20) 17.9 (19) 0.0248 ¥
Specialty
Pediatrics 48 (14.8) 277 (85.2) <0.0001 17 (5.2) 308 (94.8) 0.021
General medicine 22 (24.2) 69 (75.8) 7 (7.7) 84 (92.3)
Surgical 98 (25.3) 289 (74.7) 42 (10.9) 345 (89.1)
Clinics 61 (27.2) 163 (72.8) 27 (12.1) 197 (87.9)
Administrative 16 (41.0) 23 (59.0) 6 (15.4) 33 (84.6)
Work performance area
External consultation 99 (23.8) 317 (76.2) 0.004 42 (10.1) 374 (89.9) 0.005
Critical or intermediate care (adult/pediatric) 41 (22.4) 142 (77.6) 15 (8.2) 168 (91.8)
Emergencies 39 (23.4) 128 (76.6) 12 (7.2) 155 (92.8)
Hospitalization 21 (13.0) 140 (87.0) 8 (5.0) 153 (95.0)
Administrative 8 (25.0) 24 (75.0) 2 (6.3) 30 (93.8)
Other 37 (34.6) 70 (65.4) 20 (18.7) 87 (81.3)
Department where you currently work
Caribbean coast 53 (29.0) 130 (71.0) 0.180 20 (10.9) 163 (89.1) 0.302
East 49 (24.0) 155 (76.0) 21 (10.3) 183 (89.7)
Bogotá D.C (Capital) 58 (18.6) 253 (81.4) 20 (6.4) 291 (93.6)
Pacific Coast 30 (24.8) 91 (75.2) 16 (13.2) 105 (86.8)
Center (Antioquia, coffee region) 45 (22.8) 152 (77.2) 19 (9.6) 178 (90.4)
Plains (Meta, Arauca, Caquetá, Casanare) 7 (19.4) 29 (80.6) 3 (8.3) 33 (91.7)
Do you have teaching functions?
No 127 (22.5) 437 (77.5) 0.702 47 (8.3) 517 (91.7) 0.255
Yes 118 (23.5) 384 (76.5) 52 (10.4) 450 (89.6)
Have you carried out research projects that have generated the publication of articles or conference papers?
No 106 (22.9) 356 (77.1) 0.979 37 (8.0) 425 (92.0) 0.209
Yes 139 (23.0) 465 (77.0) 62 (10.3) 542 (89.7)
The number of patients seen per day. 16.3 (10) 17.1 (10) 0.371 ¥ 15.7 (14) 17.0 (10) 0.295 ¥
Do you know someone with a confirmed positive diagnosis for COVID-19
No 4 (11.8) 30 (88.2) 0.114 1 (2.9) 33 (97.1) 0.195
Yes 241 (23.4) 791 (76.6) 98 (9.5) 934 (90.5)
Do you know anyone who has died from COVID-19?
No 32 (18.1) 145 (81.9) 0.089 16 (9.0) 161 (91.0) 0.901
Yes 213 (24.0) 676 (76.0) 83 (9.3) 806 (90.7)
Do you know any person who has had a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 who has not died?
No 2 (8.3) 22 (91.7) 0.084 0 (0.0) 24 (100.0) 0.113
Yes 243 (23.3) 799 (76.7) 99 (9.5) 943 (90.5)
How many people live with you (who eat and sleep in the same house)?
0 17 (21.0) 64 (79.0) 0.079 11 (13.6) 70 (86.4) 0.243
1 37 (19.4) 154 (80.6) 17 (8.9) 174 (91.1)
2 56 (30.9) 125 (69.1) 22 (12.2) 159 (87.8)
3 61 (22.1) 215 (77.9) 25 (9.1) 251 (90.9)
4 and more 74 (22.0) 263 (78.0) 24 (7.1) 313 (92.9)
How many children do you have?
0 5 (12.5) 35 (87.5) 0.087 0 (0.0) 40 (100.0) 0.255
1 10 (19.2) 42 (80.8) 5 (9.6) 47 (90.4)
2 35 (20.7) 134 (79.3) 12 (7.1) 157 (92.9)
3 and more 24 (31.6) 52 (68.4) 7 (9.2) 69 (90.8)
How many people over 70 years of age live with you (who sleep and eat in the same house)?
0 202 (22.9) 682 (77.1) 0.973 80 (9.0) 804 (91.0) 0.557
1 33 (23.7) 106 (76.3) 13 (9.4) 126 (90.6)
Two and more 10 (23.3) 33 (76.7) 6 (14.0) 37 (86.0)
Do you live with someone with at least one of the following comorbidities: Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart disease, Congenital malformations, cancer, immunosuppression, obesity?
No 155 (23.2) 512 (76.8) 0.798 66 (9.9) 601 (90.1) 0.377
Yes 90 (22.6) 309 (77.4) 33 (8.3) 366 (91.7)
Do you suffer from any comorbidity?
No 158 (22.9) 531 (77.1) 0.957 70 (10.2) 619 (89.8) 0.185
Yes 87 (23.1) 290 (76.9) 29 (7.7) 348 (92.3)
The answer was yes; which comorbidity?
No 13 (31.7) 28 (68.3) 0.494 5 (12.2) 36 (87.8) 0.820
Hypertension 7 (36.8) 12 (63.2) 1 (5.3) 18 (94.7)
Obesity 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
Diabetes 1 (16.7) 5 (83.3) 0 (0.0) 6 (100.0)
Other 2 (22.2) 7 (77.8) 1 (11.1) 8 (88.9)
Have you ever paid for a vaccine?
No 56 (34.1) 108 (65.9) <0.0001 33 (20.1) 131 (79.9) <0.0001
Yes 189 (21.0) 713 (79.0) 66 (7.3) 836 (92.7)
You would recommend that your parents or people over 70 years get the COVID-19 vaccine, if available.
No 96 (79.3) 25 (20.7) <0.0001 68 (56.2) 53 (43.8) <0.0001
Yes 149 (15.8) 796 (84.2) 31 (3.3) 914 (96.7)
You would give your children the vaccine for COVID-19, if available
No 115 (75.7) 37 (24.3) <0.0001 78 (51.3) 74 (48.7) <0.0001
Yes 130 (14.2) 784 (85.8) 21 (2.3) 893 (97.7)

: p-value determined by Chi2 test. ¥: p-value determined by the Mann-Whitney U test. : p-value determined by Fisher’s exact test. SD: Standard deviation.