Perception of COVID-19 and Vaccine Acceptance among Healthcare Workers

Table 4

Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19.

		Total (451)		Physicians (156)		Nurses (295)		value
		Yes	No/don’t know	Yes	No/don’t know	Yes	No/don’t know
16	All age groups are susceptible to COVID-19	417 (92.5%)	34 (7.5%)	150 (96.2%)	6 (3.8%)	267 (90.5%)	28 (9.5%)	0.031^¥
17	Increase risk of death in elderly patients or patients with chronic illnesses	421 (93.3%)	30 (6.7%)	156 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	265 (89.8%)	30 (10.2%)	<0.001^¥
18	There is a slight mutation in the COVID-19 virus	264 (58.5%)	187 (41.5%)	122 (78.2%)	34 (21.8%)	142 (48.1%)	153 (51.9%)	<0.001^¥
19	Immunity after COVID-19 infection is for short time	256 (56.8%)	195 (43.2%)	114 (73.1%)	42 (26.9%)	142 (48.1%)	153 (51.9%)	<0.001^¥
20	Do you believe COVID-19 could be diminishing in summer?	253 (56.1%)	198 (43.9%)	74 (47.4%)	82 (52.6%)	179 (60.7%)	116 (39.3%)	0.007^¥
21	Do you think COVID-19 will be seasonal pandemic like influenza?	323 (71.6%)	128 (28.4%)	115 (73.7%)	41 (26.3%)	208 (70.5%)	87 (29.5%)	0.472^¥
22	Do you think COVID-19 will continue to spread periodically?	314 (69.6%)	137 (30.4%)	138 (88.5%)	18 (11.5%)	176 (59.7%)	119 (40.3%)	<0.001^¥
23	Have you directly or indirectly taken care of the COVID-19 patients?	367 (81.4%)	84 (18.6%)	155 (99.4%)	1 (0.6%)	212 (71.9%)	83 (28.1%)	<0.001^¥
24	People may be infected with COVID-19 without any symptoms	375 (83.1%)	76 (16.9%)	153 (98.1%)	3 (1.9%)	222 (75.3%)	73 (24.7%)	<0.001^¥
25	Have you, your family member, or someone you know been diagnosed with COVID-19?	329 (72.9%)	122 (27.1%)	137 (87.8%)	19 (12.2%)	192 (65.1%)	103 (34.9%)	<0.001^¥

Statistically significant at value <0.05 and ^¥chi-square test.