Table 2. Basic information on influenza and its vaccine according to knowledge level and intention to vaccinate (n=298).
* Statistically significant at p<0.05
| Variables | Total | Knowledge | p-value | Intention to be vaccinated | p-value | |||
| Poor | Moderate | Good | Yes | No | ||||
| (n=298) | (n=77) | (n=133) | (n=88) | (n=120) | (n=178) | |||
| Have you ever heard of influenza | <0.001* | 0.005* | ||||||
| Yes | 258 (86.6%) | 56 (72.7%) | 118 (88.7%) | 84 (95.5%) | 112 (93.3%) | 146 (82.0%) | ||
| No | 40 (13.4%) | 21 (27.3%) | 15 (11.3%) | 4 (4.5%) | 8 (6.7%) | 32 (18.0%) | ||
| Have you been vaccinated for influenza annually | <0.001* | 0.002* | ||||||
| Yes | 10 (3.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (2.8%) | 5 (11.4%) | 6 (5.0%) | 4 (2.2%) | ||
| Yes, but not annually | 22 (7.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (6.8%) | 13 (14.3%) | 16 (13.3%) | 6 (3.4%) | ||
| Never | 266 (89.3%) | 77 (100.0%) | 119 (89.5%) | 70 (79.5%) | 98 (81.7%) | 168 (94.4%) | ||
| Has your doctor/family physician recommended you for an annual influenza vaccination? | 0.038* | <0.001* | ||||||
| Yes | 30 (10.1%) | 5 (6.5%) | 12 (9.0%) | 13 (14.8%) | 21 (17.5%) | 9 (5.1%) | ||
| No | 268 (89.9%) | 72 (93.5%) | 121 (91.0%) | 75 (85.2%) | 99 (82.5%) | 169 (94.9%) | ||
| Main Source of Information on Influenza | 0.002* | 0.005* | ||||||
| Social media | 94 (31.5%) | 16 (20.8%) | 42 (31.5%) | 36 (40.9%) | 49 (40.8%) | 45 (25.3%) | ||
| Printed media | 7 (2.3%) | 1 (1.3%) | 5 (3.8%) | 1 (2.3%) | 2 (1.7%) | 6 (3.4%) | ||
| TV | 70 (23.5%) | 18 (23.4%) | 40 (27.7%) | 12 (27.3%) | 31 (25.8%) | 48 (27.0%) | ||
| Friend | 5 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.3%) | 2 (2.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (2.8%) | ||
| Family | 24 (8.1%) | 2 (2.6%) | 12 (9.0%) | 10 (11.4%) | 14 (11.7%) | 10 (5.6%) | ||
| Internet | 23 (7.7%) | 10 (13.0%) | 10 (7.5%) | 3 (3.4%) | 6 (5.0%) | 17 (9.6%) | ||
| Radio | 29 (9.7%) | 7 (9.1%) | 6 (4.5%) | 16 (6.8%) | 7 (5.8%) | 12 (6.7%) | ||
| Not applicable/refuse to answer | 46 (15.4%) | 23 (29.9%) | 15 (11.3%) | 8 (9.1%) | 11 (9.2%) | 35 (19.7%) | ||