Data set created with the self-administered questionnaire to assess covid-19 vaccine hesitancy of health care staff

The aim of this study was to assess associations of knowledge and attitudes with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and to discuss possible causal factors (determinants) that might form the basis for interventions to overcome vaccine hesitancy among HCW, in order to achieve sufficient vaccine coverage. This was an institution-based study. Both clinical and non-clinical HCW at the DGH of Sri Lanka were included in the study. The study instrument was a self-administered questionnaire and the questions covered the three determinants of vaccine hesitancy matrix for adult vaccines and the five psychological antecedents of the vaccination (5C) model. Three explanatory domains were used for the statistical analysis: knowledge, attitudes, and perception related to the vaccine and the vaccination programme. Dataset is embargoed until 31 December 2023. Please not it is an SPSS file.