Table 3.
Factors associated with perceptions of severity of RSV infection.
| Variables | Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | P value | OR | P value | |
| Age group, years (18–≤30 as reference) | ||||
| 31–≤40 | 0.664 (0.528–0.835) | <.001 | 0.664 (0.519–0.851) | .001 |
| 41–≤50 | 0.550 (0.389–0.778) | .001 | 0.633 (0.441–0.908) | .013 |
| >50 | 0.505 (0.293–0.869) | .014 | 0.551 (0.311–0.976) | .041 |
| Sex (Male as reference) | ||||
| Female | 0.754 (0.612,0.928) | .008 | 0.829 (0.667–1.031) | .092 |
| Marital status (Unmarried as reference) | ||||
| Married | 1.151 (0.924–1.435) | .209 | NA | NA |
| Divorce | 1.313 (0.601–2.869) | .494 | NA | NA |
| Education level (Junior high school or below as reference) | ||||
| High school graduate or equivalent | 1.234 (0.698–2.179) | .470 | NA | NA |
| Undergraduate or equivalent | 1.177 (0.743–1.864) | .488 | NA | NA |
| Postgraduate or above | 0.701 (0.402–1.222) | .210 | NA | NA |
| Occupation (Others as reference) | ||||
| Healthcare-related | 0.644 (0.513–0.809) | <.001 | 0.514 (0.398–0.662) | <.001 |
| Living with children aged ≤6 years or old adults aged ≥60 years (No as reference) | ||||
| Yes | 1.352 (1.087–1.683) | .007 | 1.237 (0.976–1.566) | .078 |
| Annual household income (CNY) (<50,000 as reference) | ||||
| 50,000–≤149,999 | 1.214 (0.810–1.820) | .348 | 1.127 (0.738–1.721) | .581 |
| 150,000–≤299,999 | 1.556 (1.037–2.333) | .033 | 1.463 (0.955–2.241) | .081 |
| ≥300,000 | 0.924 (0.575–1.487) | .746 | 0.980 (0.596–1.611) | .937 |
| Having chronic diseases (Yes as reference) | ||||
| No | 0.498 (0.376–0.660) | <.001 | 0.449 (0.324–0.622) | <.001 |
| Self-reported health (Very poor as reference) | ||||
| Poor | 0.617 (0.240–1.582) | .315 | 0.625 (0.227–1.719) | .363 |
| Neutral | 0.312 (0.137–0.707) | .005 | 0.440 (0.180–1.076) | .072 |
| Well | 0.393 (0.173–0.892) | .026 | 0.543 (0.219–1.346) | .187 |
| Very well | 0.417 (0.177–0.979) | .045 | 0.534 (0.210–1.362) | .189 |
| Experiencing side effects following previous vaccination (Yes as reference) | ||||
| No | 0.639 (0.450–0.907) | .012 | 0.678 (0.461–0.997) | .048 |
| Awareness of RSV (“I have never heard of it” as reference) | ||||
| I have heard of it, but don’t really know what it is | 2.154 (1.592–2.913) | <.001 | 2.114 (1.540–2.901) | <.001 |
| I know some facts about what it is | 1.911 (1.399–2.611) | <.001 | 2.257 (1.611–3.162) | <.001 |
| I have a good understanding about RSV | 2.365 (1.322–4.232) | .004 | 2.978 (1.571–5.645) | .001 |
| Knowledge level (Low level as reference) | ||||
| fHigh level | 1.147 (0.930–1.415) | .200 | NA | NA |
NA: Not applicable; the OR >1 indicated that the presence of the factor was associated with an increased likelihood of the high level of perceptions of severity of RSV infection.