Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of Czech HCWs responding to the HMPXV survey, September 2022 (n = 341).
| Variable | Outcome | HMPXV Vaccine Rejection (n = 153) |
HMPXV Vaccine Hesitancy (n = 158) |
HMPXV Vaccine Acceptance (n = 30) |
Total (n = 341) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 138 (90.2%) | 141 (89.2%) | 24 (80.0%) | 303 (88.9%) | 0.266 |
| Male | 14 (9.2%) | 13 (8.2%) | 6 (20.0%) | 33 (9.7%) | 0.161 | |
| I prefer not to say | 1 (0.7%) | 4 (2.5%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (1.5%) | 0.488 | |
| Sexual Orientation |
Heterosexual | 134 (87.6%) | 136 (86.1%) | 27 (90%) | 297 (87.1%) | 0.859 |
| Homosexual | 2 (1.3%) | 4 (2.5%) | 2 (6.7%) | 8 (2.3%) | 0.188 | |
| Bisexual | 3 (2%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (3.3%) | 5 (1.5%) | 0.214 | |
| I prefer not to say | 14 (14%) | 17 (10.8%) | 0 (0%) | 31 (9.1%) | 0.157 | |
| Age | µ ± SD | 45.9 ± 11.3 | 47.6 ± 12.0 | 39.9 ± 13.9 | 46.1 ± 12.0 | 0.026 |
| Marital Status | Single | 24 (15.7%) | 26 (16.5%) | 15 (50%) | 65 (19.1%) | <0.001 |
| Married | 99 (64.7%) | 99 (62.7%) | 13 (43.3%) | 211 (61.9%) | 0.085 | |
| Divorced | 19 (12.4%) | 20 (12.7%) | 2 (6.7%) | 41 (12%) | 0.772 | |
| Widow | 5 (3.3%) | 3 (1.9%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (2.3%) | 0.554 | |
| I prefer not to say | 6 (3.9%) | 10 (6.3%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (4.7%) | 0.340 | |
| Having Minors |
Yes | 65 (42.5%) | 58 (36.7%) | 4 (13.3%) | 127 (37.2%) | 0.010 |
| No | 88 (57.5%) | 100 (63.3%) | 26 (86.7%) | 214 (62.8%) | ||
| Location | South Moravian Region | 95 (62.1%) | 95 (60.1%) | 12 (40%) | 202 (59.2%) | 0.076 |
| Other regions | 58 (37.9%) | 63 (39.9%) | 18 (60%) | 139 (40.8%) | ||
| Profession | Medical | 11 (%) | 21 (%) | 4 (13.3%) | 36 (10.6%) | 0.163 |
| Allied HCWs | 142 (92.8%) | 137 (86.7%) | 26 (86.7%) | 305 (89.4%) | ||
| Providing Care |
Yes | 6 (3.9%) | 8 (5.1%) | 2 (6.7%) | 16 (4.7%) | 0.689 |
| No | 147 (96.1%) | 150 (94.9%) | 28 (93.3%) | 325 (95.3%) |
The chi-squared (χ2) test, Fisher’s exact test, and the Kruskal–Wallis (H) test were used with a significance level (p) of ≤0.05.