Table 3. Reasons for not strongly recommending influenza vaccination to pregnant women.
Reasons | Single response, No. (%) | Multiple responses, No. (%) |
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Concern for adverse events following influenza vaccination in pregnant women | 44/254 (17.3) | 161/285 (56.5) |
Difficulty and troublesomeness to explain a need for influenza vaccination to pregnant women | 46/254 (18.1) | 160/285 (56.1) |
Lack of request for influenza vaccine by pregnant women | 29/254 (11.4) | 121/285 (45.5) |
Neglect of recommendation of influenza vaccination to pregnant women | 62/254 (24.4) | 109/285 (38.2) |
Lack of knowledge about influenza vaccine effectiveness or safety in pregnant women | 44/254 (17.3) | 75/285 (26.3) |
Cost | 3/254 (1.2) | 33/285 (11.6) |
Low influenza vaccine effectiveness in pregnant women | 10/254 (3.9) | 18/285 (6.3) |
Lack of interest in vaccination against influenza | 6/254 (2.4) | 13/285 (4.6) |
Nonresponses were excluded from the denominator.