Table 1.
General characteristics and reported health behaviors of health professionals.
| Characteristic | N (%) | Acceptance, N = 323 N (%) |
Hesitancy, N = 579 N (%) |
Chi2 p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of health facility | ||||
| Tertiary hospital | 233 (28.7) | 63 (27.2) | 170 (29.4) | 0.001 |
| Regional hospital | 132 (16.3) | 20 (8.6) | 112 (19.3) | |
| District hospital | 214 (26.4) | 66 (28.5) | 148 (25.6) | |
| Health center | 184 (22.7) | 64 (27.6) | 120 (20.7) | |
| Dispensary | 48 (5.9) | 19 (8.2) | 29 (5.0) | |
| Age group | ||||
| Less than 30 years | 295 (36.4) | 60 (25.9) | 235 (40.6) | 0.000 |
| 30–49 years | 446 (55.0) | 135 (58.1) | 311 (53.7) | |
| 50 years and above | 70 (8.6) | 37 (16.0) | 33 (5.7) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 388 (47.8) | 119 (51.3) | 269 (46.5) | 0.213 |
| Male | 423 (52.2) | 113 (48.7) | 310 (53.5) | |
| Education level | ||||
| Primary | 51 (6.3) | 22 (9.5) | 29 (5.0) | 0.011 |
| Secondary | 54 (6.7) | 22 (9.5) | 32 (5.5) | |
| Certificate/diploma | 419 (51.7) | 107 (46.1) | 312 (53.9) | |
| Degree/Master’s/PhD | 287 (35.4) | 81 (34.9) | 206 (35.6) | |
| Cadre | ||||
| Medical attendant | 105 (12.9) | 44 (18.9) | 61 (10.5) | 0.004 |
| Nurse/clinical officer | 419 (51.7) | 107 (46.1) | 312 (53.9) | |
| Doctor/specialist | 287 (35.4) | 81 (34.9) | 206 (35.6) | |
| Smoking status (yes) | 47 (5.8) | 15 (6.5) | 32 (5.5) | 0.605 |
| Exercise regularly (yes) | 465 (57.3) | 133 (57.3) | 332 (57.3) | 0.997 |
| Chronic conditions (yes) | 113 (13.9) | 45 (19.40) | 68 (11.7) | 0.004 |
| Name of conditions | ||||
| Hypertension | 51 (45.1) | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 24 (21.2) | |||
| Asthma | 17 (15.0) | |||
| Heart disease | 7 (6.2) | |||
| Cancer | 4 (3.5) | |||
| Others | 10 (8.9) |