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. 2021 Mar 23;17(8):2397–2404. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1896907

Table 3.

Intention of HCP from two countries to opt for COVID-19 vaccine by attitudes and practices

Intention to get COVID-19 vaccine %
Yes
  %
Yes
 
  Greece p-value Rep of Cyprus p-value
Profession   <0.001   <0.001
Physiciana 81.5 61.5
Nursing personnel 56.7 32.0
Paramedical personnel 62.7 35.4
Supportive personnel 25. 0 -
Administrative personnel 42.2 37.5
Comorbidities (yes/no) 74.6/62.8 0.006 42.7/33.7 0.025
Family member with a comorbidity (yes/no) 63.5/65.5 0.495 37.1/32.5 0.092
Vaccination against hepatitis B (yes/no) 65.7/55.8 0.029 36.2/19.6 0.001
HBV disease (yes/no) 100/64.2 0.049 60.0/34.7 0.091
Vaccination against MMR (yes/no) 63.5/71.0 0.091 35.8/24.5 0.024
Measles disease (yes/no) 63.8/64.7 0.800 34.1/35.0 0.813
Vaccination against pandemic A (H1N1) (yes/no) 80.2/40.1 <0.001 65.5/28.2 <0.001
Influenza vaccination in 2019–2020 (yes/no) 80.4/22.2 <0.001 57.9/26.5 <0.001
Influenza vaccination should be mandatory for HCP (yes/no) 86.0/41.1 <0.001 74.1/20.8 <0.001
You recommend influenza vaccination to high risk persons (yes/no) 66.5/10.8 <0.001 39.9/4.7 <0.001
Intention to get influenza vaccination in 2020–2021 (yes/no) 80.4/22.2 <0.001 65.0/17.9 <0.001
Involvement in care of a COVID-19 case (yes/no) 71.4/59.3 <0.001 36.3/33/3 0.286
History of COVID-19 (yes/no) 63.5/64.5 0.880 32.4/35.1 0.648
You will recommend COVID-19 vaccination to high risk persons (yes/no) 73.8/3.0 <0.001 51.5/0.5 <0.001
COVID-19 vaccination should be mandatory for HCP (yes/no) 95.8/37.1 <0.001 91.8/14.9 <0.001
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased my trust to the vaccines (yes/no) 90.4/51.9 <0.001 79.8/23.5 <0.001
Mean age (yes/no) 41.82 ± 9.45/
38.27 ± 9.56
<0.001 37.90 ± 9.51/
34.27 ± 8.15
<0.001
Mean working experience 15.57 ± 9.14/
13.09 ± 9.82
<0.001 13.68 ± 8.83/
11.32 ± 7.78
<0.001