Table 1.
Factors associated with vaccine acceptance in the respondent population comprising medical students.
| Factors | Overall Respondents (n = 1581) | Pro-Vaccine Group (n = 1399) | Undecided Group (n = 123) | Vaccine Resistant Group (n = 59) | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Faculty | |||||||||
| General Medicine | 1146 | 72,5% | 1053 | 75.3% | 64 | 52.0% | 29 | 49.2% | <0.001 |
| Dentistry | 216 | 13.7% | 177 | 12.7% | 27 | 22.0% | 12 | 20.3% | |
| Pharmacy | 175 | 11.1% | 135 | 9.6% | 25 | 20.3% | 15 | 25.4% | |
| Midwifery and Nursery | 44 | 2.8% | 34 | 2.4% | 7 | 5.7% | 3 | 5.1% | |
| Trust efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines | |||||||||
| Yes | 1460 | 92.3% | 1366 | 97.6% | 74 | 60.2% | 20 | 33.9% | <0.001 |
| No | 121 | 7.7% | 33 | 2.4% | 49 | 39.8% | 39 | 66.1% | |
| Trust safety of COVID-19 vaccines | |||||||||
| Yes | 1414 | 89.4% | 1350 | 96.5% | 50 | 40.7% | 14 | 23.7% | <0.001 |
| No | 167 | 10.6% | 49 | 3.5% | 73 | 59.3% | 45 | 76.3% | |
| Opinion: COVID-19 vaccines were developed too fast | |||||||||
| Strongly disagree | 383 | 24.2% | 377 | 26.9% | 4 | 3.3% | 2 | 3.4% | <0.001 |
| Disagree | 477 | 30.2% | 463 | 33.1% | 11 | 8.9% | 3 | 5.1% | |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 397 | 25.1% | 358 | 25.6% | 32 | 26.0% | 7 | 11.9% | |
| Agree | 166 | 10.5% | 128 | 9.1% | 28 | 22.8% | 10 | 16.9% | |
| Strongly agree | 158 | 10.0% | 73 | 5.2% | 48 | 39.0% | 37 | 62.7% | |
| mRNA knowledge self-assessment | |||||||||
| A lot and can easily explain to others | 515 | 32.6% | 478 | 34.2% | 24 | 19.5% | 13 | 22.0% | <0.001 |
| A lot, but find it hard to explain to others | 452 | 28.6% | 409 | 29.2% | 29 | 23.6% | 14 | 23.7% | |
| Intermediate amount of knowledge | 514 | 32.5% | 442 | 31.6% | 48 | 39.0% | 24 | 40.7% | |
| Little knowledge on the subject | 78 | 4.9% | 55 | 3.9% | 16 | 13.0% | 7 | 11.9% | |
| Too little or no knowledge at all | 22 | 1.4% | 15 | 1.1% | 6 | 4.9% | 1 | 1.7% | |
| Concern over possible allergic or adverse reaction | |||||||||
| Strongly disagree | 441 | 27.9% | 425 | 30.4% | 12 | 9.8% | 4 | 6.8% | <0.001 |
| Disagree | 492 | 31.1% | 462 | 33.0% | 21 | 17.1% | 9 | 15.3% | |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 377 | 23.8% | 332 | 23.7% | 33 | 26.8% | 12 | 20.3% | |
| Agree | 163 | 10.3% | 130 | 9.3% | 25 | 20.3% | 8 | 13.6% | |
| Strongly agree | 108 | 6.8% | 50 | 3.6% | 32 | 26.0% | 26 | 44.1% | |
| Concern over possible long-term adverse reaction | |||||||||
| Strongly disagree | 453 | 28.7% | 447 | 32.0% | 5 | 4.1% | 1 | 1.7% | <0.001 |
| Disagree | 425 | 26.9% | 413 | 29.5% | 9 | 7.3% | 3 | 5.1% | |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 330 | 20.9% | 313 | 22.4% | 13 | 10.6% | 4 | 6.8% | |
| Agree | 191 | 12.1% | 150 | 10.7% | 32 | 26.0% | 9 | 15.3% | |
| Strongly agree | 182 | 11.5% | 76 | 5.4% | 64 | 52.0% | 42 | 71.2% | |
| Full immunization as per national scheme | |||||||||
| Yes | 1206 | 76.3% | 1084 | 77.5% | 85 | 69.1% | 37 | 62.7% | 0.015 |
| No | 100 | 6.3% | 85 | 6.1% | 7 | 5.7% | 8 | 13.6% | |
| I don′t know | 275 | 17.4% | 230 | 16.4% | 31 | 25.2% | 14 | 23.7% | |
| Opinion: it is necessary to be immunized as per national scheme | |||||||||
| Yes | 1539 | 97.3% | 1372 | 98.1% | 115 | 93.5% | 52 | 88.1% | <0.001 |
| No | 42 | 2.7% | 27 | 1.9% | 8 | 6.5% | 7 | 11.9% | |
| As future parent: vaccination acceptance | |||||||||
| Yes | 1559 | 98.6% | 1389 | 99.3% | 117 | 95.1% | 53 | 89.8% | <0.001 |
| No | 22 | 1.4% | 10 | 0.7% | 6 | 4.9% | 6 | 10.2% | |
| As future medical care provider: vaccination recommendation | |||||||||
| Yes | 1563 | 98.9% | 1395 | 99.7% | 115 | 93.5% | 53 | 89.8% | <0.001 |
| No | 18 | 1.1% | 4 | 0.3% | 8 | 6.5% | 6 | 10.2% | |
| Vaccinated against the flu this season? | |||||||||
| Yes | 479 | 30.3% | 456 | 32.6% | 17 | 13.8% | 6 | 10.2% | <0.001 |
| No/Not yet | 1102 | 69.7% | 943 | 67.4% | 106 | 86.2% | 53 | 89.8% | |