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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (N = 841)

From: Mental health and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health-related university students: a cross-sectional multi-center study

Characteristic

Total (%)

Japan (%)

Laos (%)

Thailand (%)

1. Age (years)

 18–24

799 (95.12)

167 (88.83)

116 (87.88)

516 (99.04)

 25–30

31 (3.69)

16 (8.51)

11 (8.33)

4 (0.77)

  ≥ 31

11 (1.19)

5 (2.66)

5 (3.79)

1 (0.19)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

2. Sex

 Male

207 (24.61)

59 (31.38)

49 (37.12)

99 (19.00)

 Female

633 (75.27)

129 (68.62)

82 (62.12)

422 (81.00)

 Others (missing data)

1 (0.12)

0 (0.00)

1 (0.76)

0 (0.00)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

3. Current study status

 Entire online class

568 (67.54)

8 (4.26)

103 (78.03)

457 (87.72)

 Entire face-to-face class without social distancing

23 (2.73)

4 (2.13)

0 (0.00)

19 (3.65)

 Entire face-to-face class with social distancing

40 (4.76)

17 (9.04)

0 (0.00)

23 (4.41)

 Combine (face-to-face and online)

176 (20.93)

155 (82.45)

2 (1.52)

19 (3.65)

 Close/temporary close

34 (4.04)

4 (2.13)

27 (20.45)

3 (0.58)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

4. Faculty

 Public health

78 (9.27)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

78 (14.97)

 Dentistry

24 (2.85)

24 (12.77)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

 Medicine

365 (43.40)

77 (40.96)

131 (99.24)

157 (30.13)

 Pharmacy/pharmaceutical science

220 (26.16)

53 (28.19)

1 (0.76)

166 (31.86)

 Nurse/nurse assistance

101 (12.01)

34 (18.09)

0 (0.00)

67 (12.86)

 Health administration

11 (1.31)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

11 (2.11)

 Laboratory sciences

42 (4.99)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

42 (8.06)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

5. Study level

 Year 1

267 (31.75)

41 (21.81)

34 (25.76)

192 (36.85)

 Year 2

157 (18.67)

44 (23.40)

24 (18.18)

89 (17.08)

 Year 3

138 (16.41)

28 (14.89)

47 (35.61)

63 (12.09)

 Year 4

188 (22.35)

43 (22.87)

13 (9.85)

132 (25.34)

 Year 5

46 (5.47)

18 (9.57)

14 (10.61)

14 (2.69)

 Year 6

45 (5.35)

14 (7.45)

0 (0.00)

31 (5.95)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

6. History of living with a COVID-19-infected person

 Yes

42 (4.99)

6 (3.19)

8 (6.06)

28 (5.37)

 No

797 (94.77)

180 (95.74)

124 (93.94)

493 (94.63)

 Others (missing data)

2 (0.24)

2 (1.06)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

7. Frequency of going out per week

  ≤ 3 times

738 (87.75)

162 (86.17)

100 (75.76)

476 (91.36)

 Between 4 to 6 times

64 (7.61)

18 (9.57)

15 (11.36)

31 (5.95)

 ≥ 7 times

39 (4.64)

8 (4.26)

17 (12.88)

14 (2.69)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

8. Students with reported PRIOR mental health problems (mental health history)

 Yes

57 (6.78)

2 (1.06)

6 (4.55)

49 (9.40)

 No

783 (93.10)

185 (98.40)

126 (95.45)

472 (90.60)

 Others (missing data)

1 (0.12)

1 (0.53)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)

9. Students with reported CURRENT mental health problems (current mental problems)

 Yes

87 (10.34)

9 (4.79)

18 (13.64)

60 (11.52)

 No

754 (89.66)

179 (95.21)

114 (86.36)

461 (88.48)

Total

841 (100.00)

188 (100.00)

132 (100.00)

521 (100.00)