Table 3.
Information sources utilised by 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergrad Curriculum |
Yes | 8 (5.2%) | 13 (8.2%) | 4 (13.3%) | 25 (7.3%) | 0.216 |
| No | 145 (94.8%) | 145 (91.8%) | 26 (86.7%) | 316 (92.7%) | ||
| Utilised Sources | Ministry of Health (MZČR) | 70 (45.8%) | 91 (57.6%) | 15 (50.0%) | 176 (51.6%) | 0.111 |
| Public health institutes (e.g., ÚZIS and SZÚ) * | 18 (11.8%) | 30 (19.0%) | 6 (20.0%) | 54 (15.8%) | 0.166 | |
| European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) | 5 (3.3%) | 9 (5.7%) | 3 (10.0%) | 17 (5.0%) | 0.186 | |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
1 (0.7%) | 1 (0.6%) | 3 (10.0%) | 5 (1.5%) | 0.005 | |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | 20 (13.1%) | 25 (15.8%) | 10 (33.3%) | 55 (16.1%) | 0.031 | |
| Professional medical associations | 16 (10.5%) | 21 (13.3%) | 4 (13.3%) | 41 (12.0%) | 0.704 | |
| Scientific journals | 4 (2.6%) | 10 (6.3%) | 5 (16.7%) | 19 (5.6%) | 0.011 | |
| Social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) | 39 (25.5%) | 41 (25.9%) | 8 (26.7%) | 88 (25.8%) | 0.989 | |
| News portals (e.g., iDNES and BLESK) ** | 70 (45.8%) | 74 (46.8%) | 18 (60.0%) | 162 (47.5%) | 0.351 | |
| Other | 3 (2.0%) | 5 (3.2%) | 2 (6.7%) | 10 (2.9%) | 0.279 | |
| Total (µ ± SD) | 1.6 ± 1.0 | 1.9 ± 1.2 | 2.5 ± 1.6 | 1.8 ± 1.2 | 0.006 | |
| Confidence Level (1–7) |
Ministry of Health (MZČR) | 5.1 ± 1.1 | 5.4 ± 1.0 | 5.7 ± 1.0 | 5.3 ± 1.1 | 0.026 |
| Public health institutes (e.g., ÚZIS and SZÚ) | 5.4 ± 0.9 | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 6.3 ± 0.5 | 5.7 ± 0.8 | 0.033 | |
| European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) | 6.0 ± 0.0 | 5.9 ± 0.8 | 5.3 ± 0.6 | 5.8 ± 0.6 | 0.288 | |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
6.0 ± 0.0 | 7.0 ± 0.0 | 5.7 ± 0.6 | 6.0 ± 0.7 | 0.333 | |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | 5.6 ± 0.8 | 5.7 ± 0.7 | 6.1 ± 0.9 | 5.7 ± 0.8 | 0.112 | |
| Professional medical associations | 5.6 ± 0.8 | 5.5 ± 0.8 | 6.5 ± 0.6 | 5.6 ± 0.8 | 0.057 | |
| Scientific journals | 4.8 ± 1.5 | 6.0 ± 0.7 | 6.4 ± 0.9 | 5.8 ± 1.1 | 0.119 | |
| Social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) | 3.9 ± 1.0 | 3.5 ± 1.1 | 3.0 ± 1.4 | 3.6 ± 1.1 | 0.110 | |
| News portals (e.g., iDNES and BLESK) | 4.3 ± 0.9 | 4.2 ± 1.1 | 4.1 ± 1.5 | 4.2 ± 1.1 | 0.813 |
The chi-squared (χ2) test, Fisher’s exact test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and the Kruskal–Wallis (H) test were used with a significance level (p) of ≤0.05. * ÚZIS is the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (IHIS-CR). SZÚ is the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH). ** iDNES and BLESK are tabloid newspapers.