Table 3 Associations between attitudes & practices and willingness of respondents to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in Greece
From: Willingness of Greek general population to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Willingness to be vaccinated against Coronavirus if a vaccine was available | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (N = 1004) n (%) | No/Don’t Know (N = 425) n (%) | Yes (N = 579) n (%) | p-value | OR (95% CI) a | |
Do you believe that the novel coronavirus was developed by humans in laboratories? | 0.001 | ||||
No | 307 (30.6%) | 74 (24.0%) | 234 (76.0%) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 458 (45.6%) | 255 (55.6%) | 203 (44.4%) | 0.25 (0.18–0.35)* | |
Don’t Know | 239 (23.8%) | 96 (40.4%) | 142 (59.6%) | 0.47 (0.32–0.67)* | |
Coronavirus far more infectious compared to the flu virus H1N1 | 0.001 | ||||
No | 196 (20.6%) | 117 (59.8%) | 79 (40.2%) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 757 (79.4%) | 283 (37.4%) | 474 (62.6%) | 2.50 (1.81–3.44)* | |
Coronavirus far more lethal compared to the flu virus H1N1 | 0.001 | ||||
No | 290 (31.0%) | 170 (58.5%) | 120 (41.5%) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 647 (69.0%) | 220 (34.1%) | 426 (65.9%) | 2.73 (2.05–3.62)* | |
Do you think that the spread of the novel coronavirus will be mitigated when a large percentage of the population has become infected? | 0.001 | ||||
No | 734 (80.0%) | 244 (33.2%) | 490 (66.8%) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 183 (20.0%) | 118 (64.3%) | 65 (35.7%) | 0.28 (0.20–0.39)* | |
Very likely to have other waves of coronavirus outbreaks in our country | 0.001 | ||||
No | 261 (27.1%) | 133 (51.0%) | 128 (49.0%) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 702 (72.9%) | 271 (38.5%) | 431 (61.5%) | 1.66 (1.25–2.21)* | |
Where you in the process of social distancing before the government measures were applied? | 0.065 | ||||
No | 573 (58.2%) | 252 (44.0%) | 321 (56.0%) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 412 (41.8%) | 157 (38.1%) | 255 (61.9%) | 1.27 (0.98–1.65) | |
In average how many times do you wash your hands on a daily basis? | 0.160 | ||||
< 10 times | 582 (58.7%) | 256 (44.0%) | 326 (56.0%) | 1.00 | |
≥ 10 times | 410 (41.3%) | 162 (39.5%) | 248 (60.5%) | 1.20 (0.93–1.55) | |
Did you do the seasonal flu vaccine this year? | 0.001 | ||||
No | 665 (67.1%) | 349 (52.4%) | 317 (47.6%) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 327 (32.9%) | 68 (20.7%) | 259 (79.3%) | 4.21 (3.09–5.73)* | |