Table 1.
Characteristics of vaccinated and unvaccinated HCWs (n = 3246) and factors associated with ChAdOx1 or BNT162b2 coverage at a major secondary hospital in Kuwait, 24 December 2020–15 June 2021.
| Characteristics | Categories | Total No. | Unvaccinated (Row %) |
Vaccinated with One Dose Only (ChAdOx1) (Row %) |
Vaccinated with One or Two Doses (BNT162b2) a (Row %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 2075 | 20.0 | 50.9 | 27.1 |
| Male | 1171 | 10.6 | 48.8 | 40.7 | |
| p-value b | <0.001 | 0.267 | <0.001 | ||
| Age groups | 20–30 | 443 | 28.2 | 30.9 | 40.9 |
| 31–40 | 1518 | 19.7 | 55.0 | 25.3 | |
| 41–50 | 869 | 12.5 | 55.6 | 31.9 | |
| >50 | 416 | 11.3 | 41.6 | 47.1 | |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Nationality | Kuwaiti | 575 | 20.7 | 18.6 | 60.7 |
| Non-Kuwaiti | 2671 | 17.3 | 56.9 | 25.8 | |
| p-value | 0.054 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Occupation setting c | Offices and laboratory (lower risk) | 446 | 23.3 | 36.8 | 39.9 |
| Patient facing non-clinical | 170 | 15.3 | 47.1 | 37.7 | |
| Outpatient | 618 | 16.7 | 45.5 | 37.9 | |
| Inpatient wards and ambulance | 1536 | 18.4 | 53.4 | 28.2 | |
| Intensive Care (Higher risk) | 407 | 11.6 | 58.2 | 30.2 | |
| Other | 69 | 24.6 | 66.7 | 8.7 | |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Staff group | Administrative or executive | 54 | 31.5 | 24.1 | 44.4 |
| Nursing or health-care assistant | 1985 | 17.4 | 59.5 | 23.1 | |
| Doctor | 541 | 11.5 | 30.1 | 58.4 | |
| Specialist Staff | 569 | 24.1 | 40.8 | 35.2 | |
| Estates, porters, or security | 15 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| Pharmacist | 82 | 22 | 29.3 | 48.8 | |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Total (%) | 3246 | 581 (17.9) | 1636 (50.4) | 1029 (31.7) |
a Total vaccinated includes 108 HCWs who received one BNT162b2 vaccine dose and 921 who received two BNT162b2 vaccine doses. b p-values (comparing the column percentages of vaccinate status by sociodemographic, occupation setting, and staff group categories were calculated using Pearson’s chi-square test (cells with ≥5 observations) or Fisher’s exact test (cells with <5 observations) in STATA statistical software ver. 16.1 (Stata Corp., College Station, TX, USA). c Occupation setting categories were: 1: office or laboratory; 2: Hospital pharmacy, 3: outpatient including radiology, day ward, general practice, or renal dialysis unit; 4: inpatient ward, theatres, emergency department, maternity unit or labor ward, or ambulance; 5: intensive care; and 6: other (e.g., plaster and observational rooms).