Acceptance and Hesitancy Towards Covid-19 Vaccination Among Dialysis Patients in a Dialysis Center in Khartoum in 2022

Figures & data

Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristic of the Study Participant

Variable	Count	Percent
Age mean (SD)	51.15 (14.73)
Gender
Female	61	48.8%
Male	64	51.2%
Education level
Illiterate	6	4.8%
Primary school	28	22.4%
Secondary school	39	31.2%
University	44	35.2%
Higher education	8	6.4%
Occupation
Unemployed	93	74.4%
Medical field	3	2.4%
NON Medical employee	29	23.2%

Table 2 Knowledge Attitude and Practice of the Study Participants Toward Covid-19 Vaccination

Variable	No	I did not take the vaccine	Yes
Did you complete the vaccine doses?	16 (12.8%)	63 (50.4%)	46 (36.8%)
	No	I do not know	Yes
Do you think you are at risk population?	32 (25.6%)	28 (22.4%)	65 (52.0%)
Do you think Covid-19 is a serious disease?	16 (12.8%)	13 (10.4%)	96 (76.8%)
Do you think covid-19 vaccination is effective?	19 (15.2%)	38 (30.4%)	68 (54.4%)
Do you think covid-19 vaccine is safe?	19 (15.2%)	39 (31.2%)	67 (53.6%)
Do you think the vaccine has side effects?	27 (21.6%)	20 (16.0%)	78 (62.45%)
Do you advise your friends and family to take the vaccine?	66 (52.8%)	9 (7.2%)	50 (40.0%)

Table 3 Sources of Knowledge and Reasons for Taking the Vaccine Among the Study Participants

From Where did you Hear About the Vaccine	Count	Percent
Television	59	47.2%
From doctor or dialysis team	72	57.6%
Social Media	44	35.2%
Newspaper and magazine	12	9.6%
People around	36	28.8%
Reasons for taking the vaccine
Protect him self	36	28.8%
Protect his family	4	3.2%
Doctor advised	20	16%
High risk patient	17	13.6%
Free and available	4	3.2%
Travelling	5	4%
WHO and other agencies confirmed it’s safety	0	0%
Reasons for not taking the vaccine
Afraid of needles	2	1.6%
Had a bad experience from previous vaccination	1	0.8%
Concerned about its side effects	31	24.8%
Far away from residence	14	11.2%
Not convinced it is protective and effective	10	8%
Covid-19 is not dangerous and there is no big risk	8	6.4%
Do not know where to get vaccinated	3	2.4%
I think it is not safe	22	17.6%
You do not have enough information about it	10	8%
I do not trust the companies	13	10.4%
It is biological weapons for the producing company	1	0.8%
Traditions	1	0.8%

Table 4 Associations Between Taking the Vaccine and Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants

Variables	Got Vaccinated		Frequency	P-value	OD
	Yes	No
Gender
Males	37	27	64	0.074	0.507
Females	25	36	61
Occupation
Un-employed	45	48	93	0.691	-
Medical field	1	2	3
No-medical field	16	13	29
Education level
Illiterate	3	3	6	0.906	-
Primary school	12	16	28
Secondary school	20	19	39
University	22	22	44
Higher education	5	3	8

Table 5 Association Between the Participants Age and Taking Covid-19 Vaccination

variable	Mean(SD)		Difference(95% CI)	p-value
	No(N=63)	Yes(n=62)
Age	48.4(14.9)	53.9(14.3)	0.042(−10.8_- 0.42)	0.838

Abbreviations: ESKD, end-stage kidney disease; WHO, World Health Organization; VH, vaccine hesitancy; SPSS, Statistical Package for Social Science; CI, confidence interval; USA, United States of America.