Research Article
Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana
Table 3
Social trust and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine.
| | n (%) | Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | -value |
| I trust in the authorities in the fight against COVID-19 | Disagree | 64 (27.4) | 40 (62.5%) | 24 (37.5%) | 0.703 | Neutral | 71 (30.3) | 45 (63.4%) | 26 (36.6%) | Agree | 99 (42.3) | 57 (57.6%) | 42 (42.4%) |
| I trust in the information provided by the media in the fight against COVID-19 | Disagree | 44 (18.8) | 28 (63.6%) | 16 (36.4%) | 0.449 | Neutral | 54 (23.1) | 36 (66.7%) | 18 (33.3%) | Agree | 136 (58.1) | 78 (57.4%) | 58 (42.6%) |
| I trust in our health system and hospitals in the fight against COVID-19 | Disagree | 65 (27.8) | 45 (69.2%) | 20 (30.8%) | 0.083 | Neutral | 55 (23.5) | 36 (65.4%) | 19 (34.6%) | Agree | 114 (48.7) | 61 (53.5%) | 53 (46.5%) |
| I trust in the accuracy of the measures taken by the government in the fight against COVID-19 | Disagree | 76 (32.6) | 51 (67.1%) | 25 (32.9%) | 0.041 | Neutral | 47 (20.0) | 33 (70.2%) | 14 (29.8%) | Agree | 111 (47.4) | 58 (52.2%) | 53 (47.8%) |
| I trust in the correct implementation of the measures in the fight against COVID-19 | Disagree | 72 (30.8) | 38 (52.8%) | 34 (47.2%) | 0.217 | Neutral | 55 (23.5) | 37 (67.3%) | 18 (32.7%) | Agree | 107 (45.7) | 67 (62.6%) | 40 (37.4%) |
| I trust in the appropriateness of the economic measures taken with respect to COVID-19 | Disagree | 71 (30.3) | 39 (54.9%) | 32 (45.1%) | 0.124 | Neutral | 71 (30.3) | 50 (70.4%) | 21 (29.6%) | Agree | 92 (39.4) | 53 (57.6%) | 39 (42.4%) |
| I think that we are more successful than the western countries in the fight against COVID-19 | Disagree | 93 (39.8) | 54 (58.1%) | 39 (41.9%) | 0.520 | Neutral | 63 (26.9) | 42 (66.7%) | 21 (33.3%) | Agree | 78 (33.3) | 46 (59.0%) | 32 (41.0%) |
| I think that sunshine will make COVID-19 lose its effect | Disagree | 132 (56.4) | 75 (56.8%) | 57 (43.2%) | 0.337 | Neutral | 62 (26.5) | 42 (67.7%) | 20 (32.3%) | Agree | 40 (17.1) | 25 (62.5%) | 15 (37.5%) |
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