Table 4.

Distribution of some descriptive characteristics of participants according to their attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine

	Attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine				p
	Group I (n = 206)	Group II (n = 191)	Group III (n = 41)	Group IV (n = 29)
Age (years), mean ± SD (min–max)	36.9 ± 8.6 (22–65)	35.8 ± 9.3 (19–67)	32.5 ± 9.5 (18–61)	32.0 ± 8.0 (21–47)a	0.003*
Gender, n (%)
Male	110 (53.4)	65 (34.0)	18 (43.9)	13 (44.8)	0.002*
Female	96 (46.6)	126 (66.0)	23 (56.1)	16 (55.2)
Marital status, n (%)
Married	137 (66.5)	124 (64.9)	21 (51.2)	13 (44.8)	0.224
Single	65 (31.6)	62 (32.5)	19 (46.3)	15 (51.7)
Other	4 (1.9)	5 (2.6)	1 (2.4)	1 (3.4)
Child presence, n (%)	117 (56.8)	100 (52.4)	16 (39.0)	11 (37.9)	0.073
Number of children of those with children, mean ± SD (min–max)	1.7 ± 0.8 (1–4)	1.7 ± 0.7 (1.4)	2.2 ± 1.1 (1–4)	1.7 ± 0.6 (1–3)	0.337
Previous COVID-19 experience	36 (17.5)	28 (14.7)	8 (19.5)	8 (27.6)	0.357
Treatments administered to COVID-19 patients
Outpatient treatment	34 (94.4)	27 (96.4)	6 (75.0)	8 (100)	0.127
Inpatient treatment	2 (5.6)	1 (3.6)	2 (25.0)	0
COVID-19 experience of a first degree relative	76 (36.9)	71 (37.2)	16 (39.0)	10 (34.5)	0.985
Death of a first degree relative or close friend due to COVID-19	18 (8.7)	30 (15.7)	7 (17.1)	8 (27.6)	0.017*

n number of individuals, % column percentage, mean mean, SD standard deviation, Group I trusts the positive effects of the vaccine and wants to get vaccinated, Group II unsure about the positive effects of the vaccine but wants to get vaccinated, Group III unsure about the positive effects of the vaccine and does not want to get vaccinated, Group IV thinks the vaccine will have negative effects/will be ineffective and does not want to get vaccinated

*p < 0.05

^aPost hoc paired comparison revealed a significant difference with the “group I” group