Table 3.
Perceptions about the COVID-19 vaccine among participants (N = 900)
| Statements | No. of participants (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Not sure | No | |
| COVID-19 vaccine is effectual | 306 (34.0) | 506 (56.2) | 88 (9.8) |
| I am worried about how vaccine react into my body | 632 (70.2) | 158 (17.6) | 110 (12.2) |
| COVID-19 disease is naturally curable without any vaccine | 68 (7.6) | 276 (30.7) | 556 (61.8) |
| Without any vaccine, antibiotics can cure the disease | 76 (8.4) | 262 (29.1) | 562 (62.4) |
| COVID-19 vaccine can only be applicable for people infected with coronavirus | 96 (10.7) | 320 (35.6) | 484 (53.8) |
| Eating nutritious foods to boost one’s immune function outperforms the vaccine | 68 (7.6) | 304 (33.8) | 528 (58.7) |
| I think vaccine is more applicable for patients with chronic diseases | 286 (31.8) | 362 (40.2) | 252 (28.0) |
| I am confident that vaccine can obliterate COVID-19 from Bangladesh | 450 (50.0) | 374 (41.6) | 76 (8.4) |
| Overall perception score (mean ± SD) | 7.89 ± 2.81 | ||