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. 2014 Mar 6;10(5):1204–1210. doi: 10.4161/hv.28081

Table 2. Best fitting logistic regression model, by Akaike’s Information Criterion, for vaccination uptake during 2011–2012 season (Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test P value = 0.71).

  Vaccine uptake during the 2011–2012 season
  Crude OR
(95% CIs)
Adj OR
(95% CIs)*
Age, in years    
≤29 referent referent
>29 1.37 (1.08–1.76)b 1.53 (1.11–2.11)b
Influenza vaccination in 2009–2010 season    
no referent referent
yes, seasonal 29.76 (20.83–42.52)a 4.42 (2.78–7.05)a
yes, pandemic 4.9 (2.94–8.17)a 1.98 (1.08–3.62)c
yes, both pandemic and seasonal 18.06 (12.62–25.85)a 2.97 (1.84–4.79)a
Influenza vaccination in 2010–2011 season    
No referent referent
Yes 42.14 (30.83 – 57.6)a 17.66 (11.92–26.17)a
Attitude to recommend influenza vaccination to patients    
No, there were no occasions for recommending influenza vaccination referent referent
No, not recommended NC NC
No, leaving patients to their free will 0.89 (0.48–1.67)d 0.94 (0.44–1.99)d
Yes, according to the Italian Health Ministry recommendations 2.82 (1.85–4.28)a 1.99 (1.19–3.34)b
Yes, according to own clinical evaluation 2.48 (1.6–3.84)a 1.98 (1.15–3.41)c

aP < 0.001. bP < 0.01. cP < 0.05. dP ≥ 0.05. NC, not calculable due to absences of vaccinated subjects *Adjusted for gender, year after degree, year of residency, and main specialty duties.