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Table 3 Factors influencing attitudes toward getting vaccinated against pandemic influenza

From: Did the pandemic have an impact on influenza vaccination attitude? a survey among health care workers

 

Intention to get vaccinated

Factor

Yes

No

Indecisive

p

Mean age, yr

35.8 ± 8.9

35.7 ± 8.8a

33.9 ± 8.6a

0.016

Mean duration of work, yr

12.5 ± 9.4

12.6 ± 9.0

11.1 ± 8.9

0.084

Gender (n, %)

    

   Female

72 (13.4)

246 (45.9)

218 (40.7)

<0.001

   Male

71 (26.3)

110 (40.7)

89 (33.0)

 

Having children

    

   Yes

73 (15.2)

238 (49.7)

168 (35.1)

0.001

   No

67 (21.5)

113 (36.3)

131 (42.1)

 

Professionb

    

   Doctor

94 (25.9)

139 (38.3)

130 (35.8)

<0.001

   Nurse

21 (7.2)

144 (49.1)

128 (43.7)

<0.001

   Health technician

16 (14.4)

55 (49.5)

40 (36.0)

0.407

   Other

10 (29.4)

15 (44.1)

9 (26.5)

0.128

Departmentb

    

   Internal medical departments

89 (21.8)

153 (37.5)

166 (40.7)

<0.001

   Surgical departments

31 (10.9)

148 (52.1)

105 (37.0)

<0.001

   Basic medical sciences

15 (21.1)

30 (42.3)

26 (36.6)

0.742

   Other units

6 (20.7)

14 (48.3)

9 (31.0)

0.689

Perceived risk of swine flu

    

   Yes

131 (20.7)

234 (36.9)

269 (42.4)

<0.001

   No

12 (7.1)

121 (71.2)

37 (21.8)

 

Ever vaccinated against seasonal influenza in the past 5 years

    

   Yes

76 (24.9)

111 (36.4)

118 (38.7)

<0.001

   No

65 (13.1)

241 (49.3)

184 (37.6)

 

Vaccinated against seasonal influenza last year

    

   Yes

49 (31.8)

48 (31.2)

57 (37.0)

<0.001

   No

92 (14.3)

303 (47.2)

247 (38.5)

 
  1. a Groups creating the difference according to Bonferroni's Post Hoc test
  2. b Each category compared with the total of other categories