Table 5 Vaccine hesitancy among medical students in Uganda
From: Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda
Hesitancy | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Have you been vaccinated before in the past 5 years? | ||
Yes | 199 | 33.2 |
No | 401 | 66.8 |
Have you ever been reluctant or hesitate to get a vaccination before? | ||
Yes | 184 | 30.7 |
No | 416 | 69.3 |
Reason for hesitancy | ||
Did not think the vaccine was safe/concerned about side effects | 78 | 19.9 |
Did not think it was needed | 54 | 13.8 |
Did not think the vaccine was effective | 42 | 10.7 |
Heard or read negative media | 41 | 10.5 |
Fear of needles | 35 | 9.0 |
Did not know where to get good/reliable information | 34 | 8.7 |
Did not know where to get vaccination | 31 | 7.9 |
Someone else told me that the vaccine was not safe | 27 | 6.9 |
Someone else told me they had had a bad reaction from the vaccine | 19 | 4.9 |
Had a bad experience with previous vaccinator/health clinic | 5 | 1.3 |
Had a bad experience or reaction with previous vaccination | 5 | 1.3 |
Religious reasons | 4 | 1.0 |
Other beliefs/traditional medicine | 4 | 1.0 |
Fear of fake vaccines | 4 | 1.0 |
Laziness | 4 | 1.0 |
Not interested | 2 | 0.5 |
Already had the disease | 1 | 0.3 |
Costs | 1 | 0.3 |