Table 3.
Correlates of motivation toward COVID-19 vaccination (n=400)
| Construct | Operationalization | n (%) expressing this | aOR willing or eager to be vaccinated (95% CI) | aOR would encourage friends/family to be vaccinated (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence in vaccine benefits | If individuals like me get the COVID-19 vaccine it will save a lot of lives (vs save some lives or have no impact) | 296 (74.0%) | 9.85*** (5.50 to 17.62) | 4.89*** (2.48 to 9.60) |
| The COVID-19 vaccine will strengthen my immune system (vs will neither strengthen nor weaken, or will weaken) | 359 (89.8%) | 17.39*** (5.92 to 51.08) | 9.61*** (4.79 to 19.26) | |
| Confidence in vaccine safety | Vaccines that are developed quickly will be safe or safety will be unaffected (vs will be unsafe or very unsafe) | 159 (39.8%) | 4.60*** (2.92 to 7.23) | 23.37** (2.94 to 185.51) |
| At least some people (vs a few or none) will have significant or life-threatening (vs none or mild/moderate) side effects in the short term | 52 (13.0%) | 0.49* (0.27 to 0.90) | 0.31** (0.15 to 0.66) | |
| At least some people (vs a few or none) will have significant or life-threatening (vs none or mild/moderate) side effects in the long term | 35 (8.8%) | 0.39** (0.20 to 0.76) | 0.26** (0.10 to 0.67) | |
| Perceived risk | I possibly, probably or definitely will get COVID-19 in the next 12 mo (vs probably not or definitely not) | 164 (41.0%) | 1.38 (0.88 to 2.16) | 1.07 (0.58 to 1.96) |
| If I got COVID-19, I would probably end up in hospital, would get quite ill or it would be like a mild flu (vs it would be hardly noticeable or I'd have no symptoms) | 253 (63.7%) | 1.18 (0.81 to 1.71) | 1.08 (0.56 to 2.08) | |
| Seeing negative information | Number of sources of negative information | Median: 4 | 0.93 (0.84 to 1.02) | 0.81** (0.69 to 0.95) |
| Percentage of all information sources negative in tone | Median: 35.7% | 0.33 (0.11 to 1.06) | 0.05** (0.01 to 0.38) |
aOR includes: gender (male, female), age (continuous), cadre (physician/clinical officer, medical assistant, nurse, HDA/HSA, patient supporter, data clerk/monitor, ART clerk), presence of comorbidities (none, 1, 2 or more). Standard errors clustered by health facility.
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.