Table 3 Factors associated with acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine among medical students in Uganda
From: Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda
Variables | Acceptability | ||
|---|---|---|---|
No (N=376) | Yes (N=224) | p-value | |
Age | |||
≤24 | 224 (61) | 143 (39) | 0.300 |
>24 | 152 (65.2) | 81 (34.8) | |
Sex | |||
Female | 159 (71.3) | 64 (28.7) | 0.001 |
Male | 217 (57.6) | 160 (42.4) | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 54 (73) | 20 (27) | 0.124 |
Separated | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | |
Single | 319 (61.2) | 202 (38.8) | |
Religion | |||
Anglican | 108 (58.7) | 76 (41.3) | 0.036 |
Muslim | 60 (58.8) | 42 (41.2) | |
Orthodox | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | |
Other | 21 (60) | 14 (40) | |
Pentecostal | 68 (75.6) | 22 (24.4) | |
Roman Catholic | 108 (65.1) | 58 (34.9) | |
SDA | 9 (42.9) | 12 (57.1) | |
University of Study | |||
Busitema University | 83 (68) | 39 (32) | 0.443 |
Gulu University | 25 (58.1) | 18 (41.9) | |
Islamic University | 41 (66.1) | 21 (33.9) | |
Kabale University | 43 (60.6) | 28 (39.4) | |
Kampala International University | 61 (59.8) | 41 (40.2) | |
King Caesar University | 11 (55) | 9 (45) | |
Makerere University | 53 (59.6) | 36 (40.4) | |
Mbarara University of Science and Technology | 33 (60) | 22 (40) | |
Soroti University | 17 (85) | 3 (15) | |
Uganda Christian University | 7 (50) | 7 (50) | |
Year of study | |||
Year 1 | 66 (72.5) | 25 (27.5) | 0.234 |
Year 2 | 53 (65.4) | 28 (34.6) | |
Year 3 | 79 (60.3) | 52 (39.7) | |
Year 4 | 92 (58.6) | 65 (41.4) | |
Year 5 | 86 (61.4) | 54 (38.6) | |
Academic Program | |||
Bachelor of Biomedical laboratory technology | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 0.339 |
Bachelor of Biomedical sciences | 3 (30) | 7 (70) | |
Bachelors of Anaesthesia | 9 (56.3) | 7 (43.8) | |
Bachelors of Dental Surgery | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | |
Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery | 307 (62.9) | 181 (37.1) | |
Bachelors of Nursing | 40 (69) | 18 (31) | |
Bachelors of Pharmacy | 9 (69.2) | 4 (30.8) | |
How likely do you think you will get COVID-19 in future? | |||
Extremely likely | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | <0.001 |
Moderate | 81 (54.7) | 67 (45.3) | |
Not at all | 122 (76.3) | 38 (23.8) | |
Slightly | 122 (66.7) | 61 (33.3) | |
Very likely | 38 (44.2) | 48 (55.8) | |
Overall, how worried are you about coronavirus? | |||
Extremely | 18 (48.6) | 19 (51.4) | <0.001 |
Not at all | 69 (75) | 23 (25) | |
Not very | 145 (70.4) | 61 (29.6) | |
Somewhat | 106 (55.8) | 84 (44.2) | |
Very | 38 (50.7) | 37 (49.3) | |
To what extent do you think coronavirus poses a risk to you personally? | |||
Major risk | 71 (53.8) | 61 (46.2) | 0.001 |
Minor risk | 151 (71.2) | 61 (28.8) | |
Moderate risk | 120 (56.9) | 91 (43.1) | |
No risk at all | 34 (75.6) | 11 (24.4) | |
Do you think coronavirus poses a risk to people in Uganda? | |||
Major risk | 113 (50.2) | 112 (49.8) | <0.001 |
Minor risk | 91 (77.1) | 27 (22.9) | |
Moderate risk | 158 (65.8) | 82 (34.2) | |
No risk at all | 14 (82.4) | 3 (17.6) | |
Do you know if you have had, or currently have, coronavirus? | |||
I have definitely had it | 30 (65.2) | 16 (34.8) | 0.029 |
I have definitely not had it | 134 (65) | 72 (35) | |
I think I have probably had it | 129 (67.5) | 62 (32.5) | |
I think I have probably not had it | 83 (52.9) | 74 (47.1) | |
Have you been tested for coronavirus? | |||
No | 268 (62.5) | 161 (37.5) | 0.948 |
Yes—positive | 19 (65.5) | 10 (34.5) | |
Yes—negative | 89 (62.7) | 53 (37.3) | |
Has any of your family members tested for COVID-19? | |||
No | 213 (61.7) | 132 (38.3) | 0.818 |
Yes—positive | 51 (65.4) | 27 (34.6) | |
Yes—negative | 112 (63.3) | 65 (36.7) | |
Has any of your friends tested positive for COVID-19? | |||
No | 156 (61.7) | 97 (38.3) | 0.729 |
Yes—positive | 143 (64.7) | 78 (35.3) | |
Yes—negative | 77 (61.1) | 49 (38.9) | |
I think I have some immunity to coronavirus | |||
Agree | 110 (59.8) | 74 (40.2) | 0.088 |
Disagree | 34 (55.7) | 27 (44.3) | |
Neutral | 110 (64.3) | 61 (35.7) | |
Strongly agree | 111 (69.4) | 49 (30.6) | |
Strongly disagree | 11 (45.8) | 13 (54.2) | |
Have you been vaccinated before in the past 5 years? | |||
No | 137 (68.8) | 62 (31.2) | 0.028 |
Yes | 239 (59.6) | 162 (40.4) | |
Have you ever been reluctant or hesitate to get a vaccination before? | |||
No | 245 (58.9) | 171 (41.1) | 0.004 |
Yes | 131 (71.2) | 53 (28.8) | |
COVID-19 vaccine may be effective in protecting me from COVID-19. | |||
Agree | 84 (42.4) | 114 (57.6) | <0.001 |
Disagree | 53 (96.4) | 2 (3.6) | |
Neutral | 171 (77.7) | 49 (22.3) | |
Strongly agree | 16 (21.3) | 59 (78.7) | |
Strongly disagree | 52 (100) | 0 (0) | |
Have you ever received or heard negative information about COVID-19 vaccination? | |||
No | 17 (68) | 8 (32) | 0.573 |
Yes | 359 (62.4) | 216 (37.6) | |