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. 2022 Jul 27;10(8):1197. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10081197

Table 2.

Factors associated with early COVID-19 uptake among nurses and midwives in the multivariable analysis, Georgia, March–July 2021.

Vaccination Status Crude Odds
Ratio (OR)
N = 617
Adjusted Odds
Ratio (aOR)
N = 617
Characteristic Missing
n (%)
Total Nurses/Midwives (%)
N = 617
Number Unvaccinated (%)
N = 540
Number Vaccinated (%)
N = 77
p-Value ¹ OR (95% CI) 2 p-Value aOR (95% CI) 2 p-Value
Hospital study site 0 (0%) <0.001
Acad. K Central University Hosp. 142.0 (23.0%) 127.0 (23.5%) 15.0 (19.5%) - -
Batumi Republican Hospital 113.0 (18.3%) 78.0 (14.4%) 35.0 (45.5%) 3.80 (1.98, 7.59) <0.001 2.31 (1.16, 4.79) 0.020
Bochorishvili Clinic 74.0 (12.0%) 71.0 (13.1%) 3.0 (3.9%) 0.36 (0.08, 1.13) 0.11 0.21 (0.04, 0.76) 0.030
Bokeria Tbilisi Referral Hospital 122.0 (19.8%) 112.0 (20.7%) 10.0 (13.0%) 0.76 (0.32, 1.73) 0.5 0.53 (0.21, 1.30) 0.2
Caucasus Medical Centre 120.0 (19.4%) 111.0 (20.6%) 9.0 (11.7%) 0.69 (0.28, 1.60) 0.4 0.49 (0.19, 1.20) 0.13
Infectious Disease Hospital 46.0 (7.5%) 41.0 (7.6%) 5.0 (6.5%) 1.03 (0.32, 2.85) >0.9 0.52 (0.13, 1.71) 0.3
Vaccinated against influenza 0 (0%) <0.001
No 429.0 (69.5%) 395.0 (73.1%) 34.0 (44.2%) - -
Yes 188.0 (30.5%) 145.0 (26.9%) 43.0 (55.8%) 3.45 (2.12, 5.64) <0.001 2.38 (1.40, 4.07) 0.001
Regular contact with infants at work 0 (0%) 0.3
No 557.0 (90.3%) 490.0 (90.7%) 67.0 (87.0%) - -
Yes 60.0 (9.7%) 50.0 (9.3%) 10.0 (13.0%) 1.46 (0.67, 2.91) 0.3 3.56 (1.37, 9.01) 0.008
COVID-19 vaccination is effective 0 (0%) <0.001
Not effective 82.0 (13.3%) 80.0 (14.8%) 2.0 (2.6%) - -
Somewhat effective 369.0 (59.8%) 327.0 (60.6%) 42.0 (54.5%) 5.14 (1.54, 31.90) 0.026 3.79 (1.07, 24.10) 0.078
Very effective 166.0 (26.9%) 133.0 (24.6%) 33.0 (42.9%) 9.92 (2.91, 62.20) 0.002 6.78 (1.84, 44.20) 0.013

¹ Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Wilcoxon rank sum test; Fisher’s exact test, 2 OR = Odds Ratio, aOR = adjusted Odds Ratio CI = Confidence Interval.