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. 2022 Jan 24;54(1):274–282. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2027007

Table a1.

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the relation of mental and physical health with later COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Understanding Society – with models featuring individual covariates (N = 7361).

  Number hesitant/Total at risk Age, sex, & ethnicity Age, sex, ethnicity, & comorbidity Age, sex, ethnicity, & shielding Age, sex, ethnicity, & education Age, sex, ethnicity, and cognition All covariates
Psychiatric morbidity              
 Anxiety 50/324 1.00 (0.72, 1.36) 1.06 (0.76, 1.44) 1.00 (0.72, 1.36) 1.04 (0.74, 1.42) 1.02 (0.73, 1.39) 1.11 (0.79, 1.52)
 Depression 54/368 0.99 (0.72, 1.33) 1.05 (0.77, 1.43) 0.99 (0.72, 1.34) 1.02 (0.74, 1.38) 1.03 (0.75, 1.39) 1.12 (0.81, 1.53)
 Other mental health  condition(s) 20/111 1.08 (0.64, 1.75) 1.17 (0.69, 1.89) 1.08 (0.64, 1.75) 1.06 (0.62, 1.73) 1.15 (0.68, 1.87) 1.21 (0.71, 1.97)
 Any mental health  condition 71/491 0.99 (0.75, 1.29) 1.05 (0.79, 1.37) 0.99 (0.75, 1.29) 1.04 (0.78, 1.35) 1.05 (0.79, 1.37) 1.14 (0.86, 1.49)
Psychological distress              
 Asymptomatic (score 0) 443/3339 1.0 (ref) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Subclinically  symptomatic (1–3) 247/2256 0.77 (0.64, 0.91) 0.77 (0.68, 0.96) 0.77 (0.60, 0.94) 0.79 (0.62, 0.97) 0.79 (0.62, 0.96) 0.81 (0.63, 0.98)
 Symptomatic (4–6) 90/750 0.77 (0.59, 0.98) 0.78 (0.63, 1.05) 0.77 (0.52, 1.02) 0.78 (0.53, 1.04) 0.78 (0.53, 1.04) 0.82 (0.56, 1.07)
 Highly symptomatic (7–12) 173/1016 1.05 (0.85, 1.28) 1.08 (0.91, 1.38) 1.06 (0.86, 1.26) 1.07 (0.87, 1.27) 1.07 (0.86, 1.27) 1.12 (0.92, 1.33)
 P for quadratic   <0.0001 0.017 0.028 0.034 0.036 0.003
 P for linear trend   0.251 0.099 0.148 0.147 0.145 0.075
 Per SD (3.5 points)  decrease  953/7361 0.93 (0.81, 1.06) 0.91 (0.79, 1.04) 0.92 (0.80, 1.05) 0.92 (0.80, 1.05) 0.92 (0.80, 1.05) 0.88 (0.75, 1.02)
Physical morbidity              
 Cardiometabolic disease 147/1905 0.82 (0.67, 1.00) 0.82 (0.67, 1.00) 0.83 (0.68, 1.01) 0.80 (0.66, 0.98) 0.78 (0.64, 0.95) 0.78 (0.64, 0.95)
 Respiratory disease 107/1034 0.71 (0.57, 0.88) 0.71 (0.57, 0.88) 0.72 (0.58, 0.90) 0.73 (0.58, 0.90) 0.72 (0.57, 0.89) 0.74 (0.59, 0.93)
 Any cancer 29/389 0.87 (0.58, 1.28) 0.87 (0.58, 1.28) 0.89 (0.59, 1.30) 0.90 (0.59, 1.32) 0.92 (0.61, 1.34) 0.95 (0.62, 1.39)
 Any physical health  condition 225/2389 0.72 (0.61, 0.85) 0.72 (0.61, 0.85) 0.73 (0.61, 0.86) 0.72 (0.61, 0.85) 0.71 (0.60, 0.83) 0.72 (0.60, 0.85)
 Shielding in household 196/1383 0.81 (0.63, 1.03) 0.81 (0.63, 1.03)   0.78 (0.61, 1.00) 0.76 (0.59, 0.97) 0.76 (0.59, 0.96)

All covariates are: age, sex, ethnicity, education, shielding, and cognitive function. Effect estimates for physical morbidity and psychiatric morbidity were mutually-adjusted.