Table 2.
Association between the health care workers' perceptions and likelihood of accepting and recommending a pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccine
| Acceptors | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
Recommenders | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p value | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value | ||
| Acquired influenza A (H1N1) infection during the recent outbreak |
0.69 (0.18–2.57) |
0.58 | 1.54 (0.33–7.08) |
0.58 |
| In contact with patients with influenza A (H1N1) infection |
1.19 (0.86–1.64) |
0.27 | 1.19 (0.88–1.61) |
0.25 |
| Had colleagues treating patients with influenza A (H1N1) virus who acquired the disease |
1.79 (1.21–2.65) |
<0.01 | 1.12 (0.80–1.57) |
0.50 |
| Knew someone outside the hospital who acquired influenza A (H1N1) virus infection |
1.29 (0.82–2.03) |
0.26 | 1.45 (0.94–2.25) |
0.08 |
| Likelihood to get novel influenza A (H1N1) virus |
1.96 (1.41–2.74) |
<0.01 | 2.39 (1.78–3.20) |
<0.01 |
| Severity of the disease for a health care worker |
1.69 (1.23–2.31) |
<0.01 | 2.57 (1.90–3.46) |
<0.01 |
| Protectiveness of a vaccine against novel influenza A (H1N1) virus |
5.65 (4.03–7.93) |
<0.01 | 9.07 (6.53–12.59) |
<0.01 |
| Safety of a vaccine against novel influenza A (H1N1) virus |
6.51 (4.63–9.16) |
<0.01 | 10.30 (7.37–14.41) |
<0.01 |
| Had been immunized vaccinated against seasonal influenza within the past 5 years |
3.43 (2.49–4.72) |
<0.01 | 1.23 (0.91–1.66) |
0.17 |
| Consider themselves as part of a high risk group for developing influenza A (H1N1) disease |
1.88 (1.33–2.67) |
<0.01 | 2.32 (1.67–3.22) |
<0.01 |
| Consider themselves as part of a high risk group for transmitting influenza A (H1N1) disease |
1.85 (1.34–2.55) |
<0.01 | 1.99 (1.47–2.69) |
<0.01 |
| Were unable to attend the clinic because of too much work |
1.03 (0.72–1.49) |
0.84 | 1.007 (0.72–1.40) |
0.97 |
| The times at the clinic were unsuitable for them |
0.68 (0.49–0.96) |
0.03 | 0.98 (0.71–1.35) |
0.93 |
| Accepting the vaccine for themselves |
2.03 (1.44–2.86) |
<0.01 |