Table 2.

Characteristics of health care workers associated with the willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccine: multivariable multinomial regression model (N=599)

Variable		Willingness to vaccine: no vs. yes		Willingness to vaccine: not sure vs. yes
		OR (95% CI)	SE	OR (95% CI)	SE
Gender
	Male	0.773 (0.432–1.386)	0.298	0.388 (0.226–0.666)	0.275*
	Female	Ref.		Ref.
Occupation
	Physician	0.554 (0.190–1.615)	0.546	0.784 (0.269–2.287)	0.546
	Resident	1.193 (0.392–3.630)	0.568	3.479 (1.287–9.408)	0.508*
	Nurses	0.708 (0.334–1.503)	0.384	1.238 (0.609–2.519)	0.347
	Students†	Ref.		Ref.
Risk of getting COVID-19 infection in the next 6 months
	I think I had COVID-19	2.192 (1.117–4.300)	0.344*	2.974(1.517–5.829)	0.343*
	I think I will not get	1.054 (0.530–2.098)	0.351	2.070 (1.454–5.014)	0.316*
	I think I will get infection	Ref.		Ref.
Direct involvement in patient care
	Yes	0.647 (0.348–1.201)	0.316	0.501 (0.293–0.877)	0.279*
	No	Ref.		Ref.
Vaccine producing country preferences
	Made in India	0.268 (0.149–0.482)	0.300***	0.215 (0.127–0.363)	0.0267***
	Outside India	Ref.		Ref.

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error; Ref., reference.

^*P<0.05.

^***P<0.001.

^†Nursing & medical.