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. 2023 Aug 23;25:e42921. doi: 10.2196/42921

Table 2.

Prior vaccination and health maintenance status by intervention at enrollment (N=1056).

Characteristic Text education Video education P value
Total number of patients, n 545 511 N/Aa
Flu vaccine in the past year (% yes), n (%) 310 (57) 297 (58) .68
Why not received?, n (%)

Never offered 8 (1) 9 (2) .70

Allergy to eggs or vaccines 10 (2) 9 (2) .93

Did not think I needed it 62 (11) 46 (9) .20

Too expensive 2 (0) 0 (0) .17

Vaccine not available 0 (0) 0 (0) b

Too busy or forgot 25 (5) 21 (4) .70

Concerned about side effects 68 (12) 65 (13) .91

Concerned vaccine would worsen IBDc 39 (7) 23 (5) .07

My doctor advised against it 8 (1) 8 (2) .90

Other reason 33 (6) 20 (4) .11

Don’t know 7 (1) 9 (2) .53
Other vaccines (ever) % yes, n (%)

Hepatitis B 285 (52) 266 (52) .94

Hepatitis A 231 (42) 200 (39) .28

Varicella (chicken pox) 166 (31) 158 (31) .87

Pneumococcal (pneumonia) 293 (54) 271 (53) .81

Meningococcal (meningitis) 109 (20) 109 (21) .59

HPVd (cervical cancer and warts) 54 (10) 66 (13) .12

Zoster (shingles) 130 (24) 101 (20) .11

Tetanus 312 (57) 301 (59) .58
Had a Pap smear in the last 5 years (women only), n (%) 290 (77) 286 (75) .55
Wear sunscreen .43

Yes, always 65 (12) 64 (13)

Yes, most of the time 165 (30) 159 (31)

Yes, some of the time 196 (36) 171 (33)

No, never 67 (12) 62 (12)

Don’t know 0 (0) 3 (1)
Ever screening skin examination by dermatologist (% yes) 334 (61) 311 (61) .89
Ever been told by a doctor that you have osteoporosis or osteopenia (% yes) 200 (37) 188 (37) .97
Ever had a bone density study (% yes) 319 (59) 293 (57) .70

aN/A: not applicable.

b—: not available.

cIBD: inflammatory bowel disease.

dHPV: human papillomavirus.