Table 4.

Factors associated with willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccination in the univariable (crude OR) and multivariable (adj OR) analyses among study participants in the baseline survey (n = 1450) (95% CI: 95%confidence intervals).

	Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination (Yes vs. No)
	Crude OR (95% CIs)	p-Value	Adj-OR (95% CIs)	p-Value
Gender
Female	Reference	0.50
Male	1.07 (0.86–1.34)
Age category
≤50 years	Ref	0.47
≥51 years	0.92 (0.74–1.15)
Residence
Palermo Province/Outside Province mun.	Ref	<0.001	Ref	0.18
Palermo municipalities	2.60 (1.71–3.96)		1.28 (0.87–2.64)
Vaccine confidence in preventing VPDs
No	Ref	<0.001	Ref	<0.05
Yes	2.71 (1.87–3.93)		1.76 (1.11–2.80)
Fear of contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection
No	Ref	<0.001	Ref	<0.05
Yes	2.34 (1.75–3.14)		1.50 (1.06–2.11)
Personal risk of contracting severe COVID-19 disease
Low	Ref	<0.001	Ref	0.20
High	1.88 (1.44–2.45)		1.21 (0.90–1.64)
Fear of side effects of COVID-19 vaccine
Yes	Ref	0.11	Ref	0.26
No	1.18 (0.96–1.46)		1.15 (0.92–1.43)
Best strategy in preventing SARS-CoV-2
Hyperimmune plasma/Other strategies	Ref	<0.001	Ref	<0.001
Vaccination	2.30 (1.85–2.87)		1.79 (1.39–2.29)
Influenza vaccination adherence during 2020/2021
No	Ref	<0.001	Ref	<0.001
Yes	3.63 (2.56–4.89)		3.25 (2.23–4.25)