Table 2.
Information about participants' health status and attitudes towards healthcare services, overall and by vaccination status
| Healthcare services' information and attitudes | Overall (N = 2582) | COVID‐19 vaccination by general population | COVID‐19 vaccination by HCPs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 956, 46.5%) | Yes (N = 1099, 53.5%) | p Valuea | No (N = 147, 30.0%) | Yes (N = 350, 70.0%) | p valueb | ||
| Chronic diseases (at least one) (N,c %) | |||||||
| No | 2088 (81.3) | 808 (48.4) | 863 (51.6) | <0.001 | 122 (31.0) | 372 (69.0) | 0.107 |
| Yes | 482 (18.7) | 142 (37.6) | 236 (62.4) | 23 (22.8) | 78 (77.2) | ||
| Use of preventive healthcare services (e.g., annual check‐up) (N,d %) | |||||||
| Not at all | 198 (7.7) | 106 (61.6) | 66 (38.4) | <0.001 | 7 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) | 0.395 |
| Little | 674 (26.2) | 298 (54.3) | 251 (45.7) | 43 (35.5) | 78 (64.5) | ||
| Moderate | 874 (34.0) | 300 (44.0) | 381 (56.0) | 45 (24.9) | 136 (75.1) | ||
| Often | 689 (26.8) | 212 (39.3) | 327 (60.7) | 44 (30.3) | 101 (69.7) | ||
| Very often | 136 (5.3) | 37 (33.9) | 72 (66.1) | 7 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | ||
| Trust in official guidelines and recommendations by the national healthcare authorities (N,e %) | |||||||
| No trust | 680 (26.5) | 550 (91.2) | 53 (8.8) | <0.001 | 65 (87.8) | 9 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| Little trust | 307 (12.0) | 172 (66.9) | 85 (33.1) | 28 (62.2) | 17 (37.8) | ||
| Moderate trust | 606 (23.5) | 182 (38.5) | 291 (61.5) | 44 (35.5) | 80 (64.5) | ||
| Strong trust | 693 (27.0) | 40 (7.8) | 472 (92.2) | 9 (5.1) | 169 (94.9) | ||
| Very strong trust | 283 (11.0) | 4 (2.0) | 198 (98.0) | 0 (0.0) | 75 (100.0) | ||
| Satisfaction with the healthcare system (N, d %) | |||||||
| No satisfied | 466 (18.1) | 325 (80.6) | 78 (19.4) | <0.001 | 44 (75.9) | 14 (24.1) | <0.001 |
| Little satisfied | 555 (21.6) | 303 (63.7) | 173 (36.3) | 37 (50.0) | 37 (50.0) | ||
| Moderate satisfied | 987 (38.4) | 270 (35.8) | 484 (64.2) | 50 (22.1) | 176 (77.9) | ||
| Very satisfied | 510 (19.8) | 49 (13.0) | 328 (87.0) | 15 (12.0) | 110 (88.0) | ||
| Extremely satisfied | 53 (2.1) | 5 (12.8) | 34 (87.2) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100.0) | ||
| Following doctor's instructions/Medical adherence (N,f %) | |||||||
| Not at all | 25 (1.0) | 16 (84.2) | 3 (15.8) | <0.001 | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | <0.001 |
| Little | 129 (5.0) | 106 (91.4) | 10 (8.6) | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | ||
| Moderate | 429 (16.7) | 240 (67.6) | 115 (32.4) | 36 (50.0) | 36 (50.0) | ||
| Often | 1330 (51.7) | 432 (41.2) | 616 (58.8) | 73 (27.5) | 192 (72.5) | ||
| Very often | 660 (25.6) | 158 (30.9) | 354 (69.1) | 27 (19.2) | 114 (80.8) | ||
Note: Bold values indicate statistically significant associations (p < 0.05).
Abbreviation: HCPs; healthcare professionals.
a
Differences between COVID‐19 vaccination groups among general population were tested using chi‐square test.
b
Differences between COVID‐19 vaccination groups among HCPs were tested using chi‐square test.
c
N = 2570.
d
N = 2571.
e
N = 2569.
f
N = 2573.