Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
Variables | Statistics | |
|---|---|---|
Number of participants | n | 705 |
Age | Median (IQR) | 30.0 (28.0–33.0) |
Female | n (%) | 359 (50.9%) |
Religion† | n (%) | |
Buddhism | 662 (93.9%) | |
Christianity | 21 (3.0%) | |
Islam | 3 (0.4%) | |
Others | 19 (2.7%) | |
Presence of comorbidity | n (%) | 129 (18.3%) |
Physician role† | n (%) | |
Resident | 406 (57.6%) | |
Fellow | 128 (18.2%) | |
Staff | 171 (24.3%) | |
Department† | n (%) | |
General/Others | 181 (25.7%) | |
Medical | 265 (37.6%) | |
Surgical | 259 (36.7%) | |
Direct care of COVID-19 patients | n (%) | 333 (47.2%) |
High aerosolization work settings | n (%) | 322 (45.7%) |
Previous influenza vaccination† | n (%) | |
Never | 20 (2.8%) | |
Sometimes | 206 (29.2%) | |
Yearly | 479 (67.9%) | |
Preferred vaccine type† | n (%) | |
Inactivated | 162 (23.0%) | |
Viral vector | 122 (17.3%) | |
mRNA | 251 (35.6%) | |
Any | 170 (24.1%) | |
Information sources (yes or no) | ||
Articles/Scientific journal | n (%) | 458 (65.0%) |
TV/Newspaper | n (%) | 249 (35.3%) |
Social media | n (%) | 473 (67.1%) |
Hospital media | n (%) | 295 (41.8%) |
Academic conference | n (%) | 196 (27.8%) |
Friend/Family | n (%) | 180 (25.5%) |
Others | n (%) | 1 (0.1%) |
Willingness to recommend vaccine to family† | n (%) | |
No | 20 (2.8%) | |
Yes | 554 (78.6%) | |
Not sure | 131 (18.6%) | |
Willingness to recommend vaccine to patients† | n (%) | |
No | 14 (2.0%) | |
Yes | 573 (81.3%) | |
Not sure | 118 (16.7%) |