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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

From: An assessment of Veterans attitudes and willingness to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine: a mixed methods study

Characteristic

Will get a vaccine once available

P-value

Agree

[Nā€‰=ā€‰111]

Disagree

[Nā€‰=ā€‰73]

Ā 

% (N)

% (N)

Ā 

Male Sex

91.0 (101)

71.2 (52)

0.0005

African American/Black [Nā€‰=ā€‰182]

70.6 (77)

63.0 (46)

0.28

Hispanic/Latinx [Nā€‰=ā€‰183]

9.0 (10)

8.3 (6)

0.87

Married

35.1 (39)

31.5 (23)

0.61

College degree

28.8 (32)

26.0 (19)

0.68

Single family residence

47.8 (53)

60.3 (44)

0.10

Live alone [Nā€‰=ā€‰183]

35.5 (39)

20.6 (15)

0.03

Primarily use public transportation

24.3 (27)

9.6 (7)

0.01

Ā 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Ā 

Age (Mean years, SD)

58.7 (12.4)

51.6 (13.1)

0.0003

PHQ-2* Scoreā€  (Mean Score)

1.8 (1.9)

2.5 (2.0)

0.02

GAD-2* Scoreā€  (Mean Score) [Nā€‰=ā€‰180]

2.0 (2.0)

2.5 (2.3)

0.09

VR-12* Physical Component Scoreā€” (Mean, SD)

35.5 (11.5)

35.4 (13.7)

0.96

VR-12* Mental Component Scoreā€” (Mean, SD)

45.1 (13.0)

38.5 (15.0)

0.002

Comorbidity Index (Charlson)

3.0 (3.02)

1.9 (2.5)

0.02

Comorbidity Index (Elixhauser)

12.7 (14.8)

8.3 (5.5)

0.04

  1. * PHQ denotes Patient Health Questionnaire; GAD denotes Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire; and VR-12 denotes the short form of the Veterans Rand -12 questionnaire
  2. ā€ Score range is 0 to 6 points
  3. ā€”Score normalized from 0 to 100 points
  4. Bolded emphasis indicates statistical significance at P < 0.05