Table 3.
Reasons for the COVID-19 vaccine refusal?
| Questions | Answers | Not want to vaccinate n = 275(%) |
High risk pregnancy n = 121(%) | Low risk pregnancy n = 154(%) | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afraid of injection | Yes | 7(%2.5) | 7 (%5.8) | .002 | |
| No | 268(%97.5) | 114(%94.2) | 154(%100) | ||
| The vaccine is harmful to my body | Yes | 16(%5.8) | 11 (%9.1) | 5 (%3.2) | .040 |
| No | 259(%94.2) | 110(%90.9) | 149(%96.8) | ||
| The vaccine will cause COVID-19 infection | Yes | 30(%10.9) | 25 (%20.7) | 5 (%3.2) | .001 |
| No | 245 (%89.1) | 96 (%79.3) | 149(%96.8) | ||
| The vaccine is harmful for my baby | Yes | 65(%23.6) | 41 (%33.9) | 24(%15.6) | .001 |
| No | 210(%76.4) | 80 (%66.1) | 130(%84.4) | ||
| COVID-19 is not a serious disease | Yes | 21(%7.6) | 21(%17.4) | .001 | |
| No | 254(%92.4) | 100(%82.6) | 154(%100) | ||
| I have a low risk to get COVID-19 infection | Yes | 31(%11.3) | 26(%21.5) | 5 (%3.2) | .001 |
| No | 244(%88.7) | 95 (%78.5) | 149(%96.8) | ||
| I believe that even if I am sick, me and my baby will not encounter any negative events | Yes | 19(%6.9) | 9 (%7.4) | 10(%6.5) | .759 |
| No | 256(%93.1) | 112(%92.6) | 144(%93.5) | ||
| I don’t think that vaccine will work | Yes | 89(%32.4) | 36(%29.8) | 53 (%34.4) | .412 |
| No | 186(%67.6) | 85 (%70.2) | 101(%65.6) | ||
| Family members do not agree with the COVID-19 vaccine | Yes | 30(%10.9) | 10 (%8.3) | 20(%13) | .212 |
| No | 245(%89.1) | 111(%91.7) | 134(%87) | ||
| Lack of sufficient information about safety of COVID-19 vaccine in puerperium | Yes | 209(%76) | 76 (%62.8) | 133(%86.7) | .001 |
| No | 66 (%24) | 45 (%37.2) | 21(%13.6) | ||
| I think the virus get mutation | Yes | 41(%14.9) | 21 (%17.4) | 20(%13) | .313 |
| No | 234(%85.1) | 100(%82.6) | 134(%87) |
*Chi-squared test is applied.