Table 3 Knowledge concerning influenza vaccine (N = 468)
From: Influenza vaccination motivators among healthcare personnel in a large acute care hospital in Israel
All | Nurses | Doctors | Allied health professionals | Others | p-valuea | OR for vaccination (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The most effective way to prevent influenza is vaccination | |||||||
Agree, n (%) | 292 (62.4) | 51 (54.8) | 108 (89.3) | 59 (48.8) | 74 (55.6) | <0.001 | 7.328 (4.778, 11.238) |
Disagree, n (%) | 60 (12.8) | 19 (20.4) | 3 (2.5) | 17 (14) | 21 (15.8) | Reference | |
Unsure, n (%) | 116 (24.8) | 23 (24.7) | 10 (8.3) | 45 (37.2) | 38 (28.6) | ||
Vaccine side effects can be more severe than the flu | |||||||
Agree, n (%) | 93 (19.9) | 30 (32.3) | 12 (9.9) | 23 (19) | 28 (21.1) | 0.001 | 0.348 (0.219, 0.554) |
Disagree, n (%) | 269 (57.5) | 42 (45.2) | 98 (81) | 67 (55.4) | 62 (46.6) | Reference | |
Unsure, n (%) | 106 (22.6) | 21 (22.6) | 11 (9.1) | 31 (25.6) | 43 (32.3) | ||
Vaccine can cause the flu | |||||||
Agree, n (%) | 228 (48.7) | 57 (61.3) | 26 (21.5) | 67 (55.4) | 78 (58.6) | <0.001 | 0.280 (0.186, 0.421) |
Disagree, n (%) | 150 (32.1) | 23 (24.7) | 80 (66.1) | 30 (24.8) | 17 (12.8) | Reference | |
Unsure, n (%) | 90 (19.2) | 13 (14) | 15 (12.4) | 24 (19.8) | 38 (28.6) | ||
Pregnant women should not get vaccinated | |||||||
Agree, n (%) | 54 (11.5) | 15 (16.1) | 7 (5.8) | 12 (9.9) | 20 (15) | 0.051 | 0.301 (0.168, 0.538) |
Disagree, n (%) | 226 (48.3) | 42 (45.2) | 89 (73.6) | 61 (50.4) | 34 (25.6) | Reference | |
Unsure, n (%) | 188 (40.2) | 36 (38.7) | 25 (20.7) | 48 (39.7) | 79 (59.4) | ||
People who had the flu don’t need to get vaccinated | |||||||
Agree, n (%) | 4 (0.9) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 0.995 | 1.534 (0.158, 14.87) |
Disagree, n (%) | 439 (93.8) | 88 (94.6) | 117 (96.7) | 113 (93.4) | 121 (91) | Reference | |
Unsure, n (%) | 25 (5.3) | 4 (4.3) | 3 (2.5) | 7 (5.8) | 11 (8.3) | ||