Attitudes of health care professionals towards COVID-19 vaccine - a sequence from Turkey

Figures & data

Figure 1. Samsun’s location in the world

Table 1. Descriptive statistics

	Frequency	Percent
Gender
Male	509	35.7
Female	917	64.3
Profession
Nurse/midwife	629	44.1
General Practitioner	161	11.3
Healthcare Technician/ATT	272	19.1
Dentist	31	2.2
Specialist Physician	186	13.0
Other	147	10.3
Institution
1st Stage Public Health Organization	337	23.6
2nd Stage Public Health Organization	420	29.5
3rd Stage Public Health Organization	193	13.5
1st Stage Private Health Organization	161	11.3
2nd Stage Private Health Organization	267	18.7
University	48	3.4
Marital Status
Single	426	29.9
Married	1000	70.1
Having a child
Yes	943	66.1
No	483	33.9
Living with someone
Parents	201	14.1
Other	35	2.5
Spouse	151	10.6
Spouse and children	820	57.5
Housemate	47	3.3
Only children	31	2.2
Alone (I was alone before the pandemic as well)	90	6.3
Alone (I live alone during the pandemic)	51	3.6
Chronic disease
No	1065	74.7
Yes	361	25.3
Hypertension	141	34
Asthma/COPD	54	13
Diabetes	54	13
Chronic Heart Disease	37	8.9
Obesity	29	7
Cancer	16	3.9
Chronic Kidney Disease	5	1.2
Other	201	48.4
Smoking
Yes	462	32.4
No	964	67.6
Do you have a family member who is considered to be at high risk for Covid-19 (elderly, chronic illness, children, disabled etc.)?
Yes	905	63.5
No	521	36.5
Do you have a relative who died due to Covid-19 during the pandemic?
Yes	304	21.3
No	1122	78.7
Have you worked/do you work with Covid-19 patients during the pandemic?
Yes	1101	77.2
No	325	22.8
Have you recovered from the Covid-19?
Yes	391	27.4
No	1035	72.6
Profession Group
Group 1 (Practitioner, Specialist, Dentist)	378	26.5
Group 2 (Nurse/Midwife)	629	44.1
Group 3 (Healthcare technician/ATT)	274	19.2
Other	145	10.2

Table 2. The distribution of frequency and the reliability analysis of the “attitudes towards the Covid-19 vaccine” scale

	I strongly disagree	I Disagree	Uncertain	I agree	I strongly agree	Mean	Standard Deviation	Cronbach’s Alpha
Positive Attitude						3.54	1.05
1. I want my family to get the vaccine developed/to be developed for this disease.	92 (6.5)	80 (5.6)	476 (33.4)	377 (26.4)	401 (28.1)	3.64	1.14
2. I want to get the vaccine developed/to be developed for this disease as soon as possible.	108 (7.6)	110 (7.7)	450 (31.6)	360 (25.2)	398 (27.9)	3.58	1.19
3. I think everyone should get the vaccine developed/to be developed for this disease.	83 (5.8)	98 (6.9)	467 (32.7)	389 (27.3)	389 (27.3)	3.63	1.12	0.944
4. I trust the statements about the vaccine developed/to be developed.	108 (7.6)	153 (10.7)	587 (41.2)	373 (26.2)	205 (14.4)	3.29	1.08
Negative Attitude						3.42	0.76
5. The vaccine developed/to be developed may cause transmission of the disease.	306 (21.5)	534 (37.4)	428 (30)	122 (8.6)	36 (2.5)	3.67	0.99
6. I think the vaccine developed/to be developed had/will have no protective effect.	241 (16.9)	499 (35)	503 (35.3)	133 (9.3)	50 (3.5)	3.52	0.99
7. The vaccine developed/to be developed is dangerous.	274 (19.2)	523 (36.7)	530 (37.2)	71 (5)	28 (2)	3.66	0.91	0.801
8. I think the effectiveness of the vaccine has not been/will not be sufficiently tested.	93 (6.5)	299 (21)	512 (35.9)	355 (24.9)	167 (11.7)	2.86	1.08
9. I think I can survive the epidemic without getting a vaccine.	247 (17.3)	411 (28.8)	475 (33.3)	229 (16.1)	64 (4.5)	3.38	1.08
Total Scale Score						3.47	0.82	0.913

Table 3. Descriptive statistics and determination of the factors that affect for positive and negative attitudes based on demographic characteristics

	Positive Attitude		Negative Attitude
Gender
Male	3.76 ± 1.05		3.57 ± 0.77
Female F P η^2	3.41 ± 1.02 2.576 0.109 0.002		3.33 ± 0.73 4.655 0.031 0.003
Institution
1st Stage Public Health Organization	3.62 ± 1.06^ab		3.47 ± 0.76^ab
2nd Stage Public Health Organization	3.68 ± 0.99^a		3.52 ± 0.74^a
3rd Stage Public Health Organization	3.29 ± 1.06^b		3.26 ± 0.78^b
1st Stage Private Health Organization	3.47 ± 1.1^ab		3.33 ± 0.76^ab
2nd Stage Private Health Organization	3.35 ± 1.01^ab		3.31 ± 0.73^ab
University F P η^2	3.95 ± 1.06^a 2.971 0.011 0.010		3.67 ± 0.72^a 2.200 0.052 0.008
Marital Status
Single	3.23 ± 1.00		3.23 ± 0.66
Married F P η^2	3.67 ± 1.04 2.528 0.112 0.002		3.50 ± 0.78 0.230 0.632 0.000
Having a child
Yes	3.70 ± 1.04		3.52 ± 0.77
No F P η^2	3.22 ± 0.99 8.133 0.004 0.006		3.21 ± 0.68 3.934 0.048 0.003
Living with someone
Parents	3.32 ± 0.94		3.24 ± 0.63
Other	3.45 ± 0.89		3.16 ± 0.66
Spouse	3.6 ± 1.08		3.44 ± 0.75
Spouse and children	3.67 ± 1.04		3.52 ± 0.78
Housemate	3.05 ± 1.03		3.12 ± 0.66
Only children	3.67 ± 1.06		3.48 ± 0.73
Alone (I was alone before the pandemic as well)	3.18 ± 1.08		3.26 ± 0.68
Alone (I live alone during the pandemic) F P η^2	3.11 ± 0.99 1.754 0.093 0.009		3.16 ± 0.76 0.407 0.898 0.002
Chronic disease
Yes	3.71 ± 1.05		3.51 ± 0.77
No F P η^2	3.48 ± 1.04 1.795 0.181 0.001		3.39 ± 0.75 0.227 0.634 0.009
Do you smoke?
Yes	3.38 ± 1.06		3.28 ± 0.75
No F P η^2	3.61 ± 1.03 2.000 0.157 0.001		3.49 ± 0.75 8.726 0.003 0.006
Do you have a family member who is considered to be at high risk for Covid-19 (elderly, chronic illness, children, disabled etc.)?
Yes	3.48 ± 1.04		3.37 ± 0.75
No F P η^2	3.63 ± 1.06 0.231 0.631 0.000		3.50 ± 0.76 1.803 0.180 0.001
Do you have a relative who died due to Covid-19 during the pandemic?
Yes	3.37 ± 1.06		3.30 ± 0.75
No F P η^2	3.58 ± 1.04 5.163 0.023 0.004		3.45 ± 0.75 4.245 0.040 0.003
Have you worked/do you work with Covid-19 patients during the pandemic?
Yes	3.50 ± 1.06	3.39 ± 0.77
No F P η^2	3.67 ± 1.00 3.614 0.058 0.003	3.53 ± 0.71 5.160 0.023 0.004
Have you recovered from the Covid-19?
Yes	3.43 ± 1.00	3.37 ± 0.70
No F P η^2	3.58 ± 1.06 0.338 0.561 0.000	3.44 ± 0.78 0.199 0.656 0.000
Profession
Group 1 (Practitioner, Specialist, Dentist)	4.11 ± 0.85 ^c	3.78 ± 0.65^a
Group 2 (Nurse/Midwife)	3.25 ± 1.03^b	3.25 ± 0.74^b
Group 3 (Healthcare technician/ATT)	3.33 ± 0.95^ab	3.27 ± 0.70^b
Other F P η^2	3.67 ± 1.15a 36.823 <0.001 0.073	3.50 ± 0.85b 24.030 <0.001 0.049

^aThere is no difference between groups with the same letter in each column.