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. 2025 Jul 23;17(7):e88564. doi: 10.7759/cureus.88564

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%)