COVID-19 Vaccination Intention and Vaccine Hesitancy among Patients with Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Rheumatological Diseases: A Survey

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the AIIRD population according to their decision regarding the COVID-19 vaccine (n = 206).

Variables, mean ± SD or n (%)	Total (n = 206)	COVID-19 vaccine acceptant group (n = 145)	COVID-19 vaccine hesitant group (n = 33)	COVID-19 vaccine resistant group (n = 28)
Age (years)	37.61 ± 10.67	37.45 ± 10.44	38.9 ± 12	36.43 ± 10.4	0.66
Sex					0.914
Female	173 (84)	122 (84.1)	27 (81.8)	24 (85.7)
Male	33 (16)	23 (15.9)	6 (18.2)	4 (14.3)
Marital status					0.294
Single	48 (23.3)	30 (20.7)	11 (33.3)	7 (25)
Married	158 (76.7)	115 (79.3)	22 (66.7)	21 (75)
Occupation					0.198
Employed	56 (27.2)	38 (26.2)	11 (33.3)	7 (25)
Not employed	134 (65)	99 (69.3)	18 (45.5)	17 (60.7)
Retired	3 (1.5)	3 (2.1)	0	0
Not able to work due to disability	9 (4.4)	4 (2.8)	3 (9.1)	2 (7.1)
Student	4 (1.9)	1 (0.7)	1 (3)	2 (7.1)
Residence					0.877
Rural	89 (43.2)	61 (42.1)	15 (45.5)	13 (46.4)
Urban	117 (56.8)	84 (57.9)	18 (54.5)	15 (53.6)
Education					0.555
None	22 (10.7)	15 (10.3)	4 (12.1)	3 (10.7)
Middle School	31 (15)	21 (14.5)	5 (15.2)	5 (17.9)
High School	73 (35.4)	58 (40)	9 (27.3)	6 (21.4)
College degree	63 (30.6)	41 (28.3)	13 (39.4)	9 (32.1)
Postgraduate	17 (8.3)	10 (6.9)	2 (6.1)	5 (17.9)
Active lifestyle	89 (43.2)	66 (45.5)	12 (36.4)	11 (39.3)	0.573
Smoking habit					0.463
Nonsmoker	187 (90.8)	131 (90.3)	29 (87.9)	27 (96.4)
Former smoker	8 (3.9)	6 (4.1)	1 (3)	1 (3.6)
Current smoker	11 (5.3)	8 (5.5)	3 (9.1)	0
Family income					0.616
Not enough	34 (16.5)	17 (11.7)	10 (30.3)	7 (25)
Enough but no saving	124 (60.2)	97 (66.9)	14 (42.4)	13 (46.4)
Enough and saving	48 (23.3)	31 (21.4)	9 (27.3)	8 (28.6)

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