Table 4.
Barriers among HCW and non-HCW participants.
| Barriers | HCW | Not HCW | X2 Statistic | p -Value | ||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
| Afraid of unknown side effects | 3313 | (58.0%) | 18,922 | (62.0%) | 20.31 | <0.0001 |
| Not enough time to test vaccine safety | 3252 | (57.0%) | 16,920 | (55.5%) | 9.74 | 0.0018 |
| Vaccine production was rushed | 2505 | (43.9%) | 14,193 | (46.5%) | 7.99 | 0.0047 |
| Do not trust the healthcare policies | 2133 | (37.4%) | 12,018 | (39.4%) | 4.63 | 0.031 |
| Insufficient numbers of studies | 1693 | (29.7%) | 8208 | (26.9%) | 23.58 | <0.0001 |
| No value for new strains | 1569 | (27.5%) | 6475 | (21.2%) | 120.27 | <0.0001 |
| Do not trust company/studies | 1541 | (27.0%) | 10,427 | (34.2%) | 99.31 | <0.0001 |
| No published studies on vaccine | 1175 | (20.6%) | 5911 | (19.4%) | 6.61 | 0.010 |
| Pandemic is exaggerated to benefit pharma | 1119 | (19.6%) | 7868 | (25.8%) | 89.01 | <0.0001 |
| Most infected people recover | 979 | (17.2%) | 7036 | (23.1%) | 88.7 | <0.0001 |
| Vaccine immunity is short | 976 | (17.1%) | 3637 | (11.9%) | 124.47 | <0.0001 |
| Vaccines irreversibly alter DNA | 928 | (16.3%) | 6985 | (22.9%) | 114.28 | <0.0001 |
| Afraid of SE mentioned in studies | 847 | (14.8%) | 5695 | (18.7%) | 42.19 | <0.0001 |
| Coronavirus/vaccine are a conspiracy | 700 | (12.3%) | 5972 | (19.6%) | 160.99 | <0.0001 |
| Vaccine can cause COVID19 | 695 | (12.2%) | 5939 | (19.5%) | 160.83 | <0.0001 |
| I had/have COVID | 681 | (11.9%) | 2875 | (9.4%) | 38.01 | <0.0001 |
| Vaccine may cause death | 630 | (11.0%) | 4257 | (14.0%) | 31.15 | <0.0001 |
| Vaccines were not tested in Arabs | 543 | (9.5%) | 2209 | (7.2%) | 38.84 | <0.0001 |
| Infection rate decreasing | 426 | (7.5%) | 3056 | (10.0%) | 32.87 | <0.0001 |
| Do not believe in vaccines in general | 419 | (7.3%) | 4186 | (13.7%) | 168.53 | <0.0001 |
| Most vaccinated people had SE | 416 | (7.3%) | 2608 | (8.5%) | 8.39 | 0.0038 |
| Most people already had COVID | 373 | (6.5%) | 1898 | (6.2%) | 1.29 | 0.26 |
| Vaccines contain aluminum | 326 | (5.7%) | 2896 | (9.5%) | 80.31 | <0.0001 |
| May get COVID19 after vaccine | 267 | (4.7%) | 1370 | (4.5%) | 0.68 | 0.41 |
| I do not like needles | 220 | (3.9%) | 1750 | (5.7%) | 30.91 | <0.0001 |
| I am not eligible (pregnant or <16 old) | 147 | (2.6%) | 965 | (3.2%) | 4.89 | 0.027 |
| I have a chronic disease | 136 | (2.4%) | 1266 | (4.1%) | 38.39 | 0 |
| I have allergies to foods/drugs | 132 | (2.3%) | 716 | (2.3%) | 0 | 0.99 |
| I do not think I will get COVID19 | 86 | (1.5%) | 674 | (2.2%) | 10.76 | 0.001 |