Research Article

Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana

Table 2

COVID-19 experience of health care workers.

n (%)Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine
No n (%)Yes n (%)-value

Contact with COVID-19 patient
 Yes92 (39.3)48 (52.2%)44 (47.8%)0.032
 No142 (60.7)94 (66.2%)48 (33.8%)

Member of household diagnosed with COVID-19
 Yes38 (16.2)16 (42.1%)22 (57.9%)0.010
 No196 (83.8)126 (64.3%)70 (35.7%)

Relatives have been diagnosed with COVID-19
 Yes45 (19.2)18 (40.0%)27 (60.0%)0.006
 No161 (68.8)107 (66.5%)54 (33.5%)
 Do not know28 (12.0)17 (60.7%)11 (39.3%)

Friends have been diagnosed with COVID-19
 Yes104 (44.4)55 (52.9%)49 (47.1%)0.078
 No95 (40.6)65 (68.4%)30 (31.6%)
 Do not know35 (15.0)22 (62.9%)13 (37.1%)

Have tested for COVID-19
 Yes113 (48.3)69 (61.1%)44 (38.9%)0.909
 No121 (51.7)73 (60.3%)48 (39.7%)

Results of COVID test
 Positive22 (19.5)12 (54.5%)10 (45.5%)0.781
 Negative80 (70.8)50 (62.5%)30 (37.5%)
 Do not know/did not receive the result11 (9.7)7 (63.6%)4 (36.4%)

Chance of getting COVID-19
 Small37 (15.8)26 (70.3%)11 (29.7%)0.348
 Moderate70 (29.9)39 (55.7%)31 (44.3%)
 Great112 (47.9)66 (58.9%)46 (41.1%)
 No risk at all15 (6.4)11 (73.3%)4 (26.7%)

Heard about the COVID-19 vaccine
 Yes213 (91.0)130 (61.0%)83 (39.0%)0.728
 No21 (9.0)12 (57.1%)9 (42.9%)

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