Table 2.
Patients' reasons for having or not having influenza vaccination
| N | % | 95% CI | ||
| Reasons for having vaccine (N = 675) | ||||
| Positive attitude to prevention1 | 588 | 87.1 | 84.4 | 89.8 |
| Recommended by HCW | 559 | 82.8 | 78.1 | 86.7 |
| Recommended by friend/relative | 73 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 12.7 |
| Perceived themselves at higher risk because of an underlying medical condition | 166 | 24.6 | 21.7 | 27.9 |
| Perceived bad past experience with influenza | 120 | 17.8 | 15.2 | 20.8 |
| Reasons for not having vaccine (N = 169) | ||||
| Attitudes to vaccination | ||||
| Don't get ill | 75 | 44.4 | 37.4 | 51.9 |
| Perception vaccine makes them ill | 43 | 25.4 | 18.1 | 32.8 |
| Not interested | 28 | 16.6 | 11.6 | 22.3 |
| Do not like injections | 19 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 17.9 |
| Perception would not work | 21 | 12.3 | 8.1 | 19.3 |
| Allergy to vaccine | 9 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 8.8 |
| Did not get around to it | 9 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 9.5 |
| Knowledge | ||||
| Never had it before | 51 | 30.2 | 22.2 | 38.1 |
| Did not know needed each year | 11 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 10.8 |
| Volunteered thought they were too old | 9 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 8.4 |
| Did not know could have it | 5 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 7.2 |
| Physical barriers | ||||
| No transport | 11 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 11.3 |
| Unable to attend because of ill health | 9 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 11.1 |
| Time of clinics not suitable | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Too far away | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
1Agreed they were aware of benefits or prevention better than cure