Table 2.
Study participants' beliefs regarding COVID‐19 vaccination
| Statement | Perceived importance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not important | Important | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| How important do you perceive the COVID‐19 vaccine to be? | 202 | 9.5 | 1931 | 90.5 |
| How important you think that everyone in the community should get the COVID‐19 vaccine once available? | 158 | 7.4 | 1975 | 92.6 |
| Vaccination of COVID‐19 should always be compulsory once it is available | 646 | 30.3 | 1487 | 69.7 |
| Your concerns regarding the COVID‐19 vaccination? | 282 | 13.2 | 1851 | 86.8 |
| Vaccination of COVID‐19 should always be compulsory for HCWs once it is available | 169 | 7.9 | 1964 | 92.1 |
| Statement | Disagree | Agree | ||
| n | % | n | % | |
| I think that approval of the vaccine guarantees its safety | 1151 | 54.0 | 982 | 46.0 |
| Do you believe that the way to overcome the COVID‐19 pandemic is mass vaccination? | 684 | 32.1 | 1449 | 67.9 |
| The best preventive measure for COVID‐19 is getting vaccinated | 927 | 43.5 | 1206 | 56.5 |
| I think that the vaccine was not tested for enough time | 422 | 19.8 | 1711 | 80.2 |
| Concern regarding the adverse effects of the vaccine | 68 | 3.2 | 2065 | 96.8 |
| Concern about the ineffectiveness of the vaccine | 145 | 6.8 | 1988 | 93.2 |
| having a prior bad experience with any vaccines and their adverse reactions | 1629 | 76.4 | 504 | 23.6 |
| I am against vaccination in general | 2028 | 95.1 | 105 | 4.9 |
| Concern for the acquisition of Covid‐19 from the vaccine | 782 | 36.7 | 1351 | 63.3 |
| I think that I am not at a considerable risk of developing complications if I have been infected with Covid‐19 | 1618 | 75.9 | 515 | 24.1 |
| I perceive myself not at elevated risk to acquire Covid‐19 | 1655 | 77.6 | 478 | 22.4 |