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Table 6 Determinants for a high intention to advise parents to vaccinate their children against varicella if universal varicella vaccination was recommended by the Swiss NITAG from univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis

From: Acceptance of universal varicella vaccination among Swiss pediatricians and general practitioners who treat pediatric patients

  

Physicians (Pediatricians and GPs combined)

        

95% C.I.for ORh

Significant determinants

Nb

Bc

S.E.d

Walde

dff

Sig.ªg

Exp(B) = OR

Lower

Upper

Specialty

 Pediatrician

90

1.129

0.455

6.151

1

0.013

3.091

1.267

7.542

 GP

60

Reference

       

Beliefs about varicella and varicella vaccination

Varicella is a disease one should have experienced as a child (in order to develop immunity)

   

17.038

2

0.000

   

  No agreement

54

Reference

       

  Neutral

31

−2.707

0.656

17.038

1

0.000

0.067

0.018

0.241

  Agreement

65

−1.356

0.566

5.737

1

0.017

0.258

0.085

0.782

I think that varicella is a disease serious enough to vaccinate against

   

21.432

2

0.000

   

  No agreement

31

Reference

       

  Neutral

26

−1.097

0.701

2.447

1

0.118

0.334

0.084

1.320

  Agreement

93

1.731

0.538

10.366

1

0.001

5.644

1.968

16.185

Years in practice

 

−0.097

0.032

9.295

1

0.002

0.908

0.853

0.966

Constant

 

1.714

0.792

4.691

1

0.030

5.554

  
  1. a. Variable(s) entered: q13sc_3. Varicella is a disease one should have experienced as a child (in order to build up immunity), q13sc_5. I think that varicella is a disease serious enough to vaccinate against, s2. Specialty, s4. Years in practice
  2. bN – base for each variable
  3. cB – unstandardized regression weight
  4. dS.E.– standard deviation
  5. eWald –test statistic for the individual predictor variable to determine the p value
  6. fdf – degrees of freedom
  7. gSig. – p-value
  8. hC.I. – lower confidence limits (Lower) and the upper confidence limits (Upper)