Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents to the national survey of Canadian public and health care providers (HCPs).
| Nurses (n (%)) | Physicians (n (%)) |
Pharmacists (n (%)) | Canadian Public (n (%)) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Family Physicians | Internists | |||
| Profession | 202 (17.3) | 500 (42.8) | 65 (5.6) | 400 (34.3) | Not applicable |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 186 (92.1) | 170 (34.0) | 16 (24.6) | 199 (49.8) | 1771 (44.0) |
| Male | 16 (7.9) | 330 (66.0) | 49 (75.4) | 201 (50.3) | 2252 (56.0) |
| Age | |||||
| ≤24 | 3 (1.5) | – | – | 1 (0.3) | 354 (8.8) |
| 25-34 | 53 (26.2) | 45 (9.0) | 2 (3.1) | 104 (26.0) | 509 (12.7) |
| 35-44 | 54 (26.7) | 118 (23.6) | 24 (36.9) | 164 (41.0) | 676 (16.8) |
| 45-54 | 57 (28.2) | 210 (42.0) | 25 (38.5) | 99 (24.8) | 933 (23.2) |
| 55-64 | 35 (17.3) | 127 (25.4) | 14 (21.5) | 32 (8.0) | 790 (19.6) |
| 65-74 | – | – | – | – | 623 (15.5) |
| ≥75 | – | – | – | – | 138 (3.4) |
| Province | |||||
| British Columbia | 41 (20.3) | 81 (16.2) | 5 (7.7) | 53 (13.1) | 504 (12.5) |
| Alberta | 35 (17.3) | 56 (11.2) | 7 (10.8) | 45 (11.3) | 403 (10.0) |
| Saskatchewan | 12 (5.9) | 18 (3.6) | 1 (1.5) | 19 (4.8) | 251 (6.2) |
| Manitoba | 12 (5.9) | 18 (3.6) | 5 (7.7) | 17 (4.3) | 253 (6.3) |
| Ontario | 60 (29.7) | 168 (33.6) | 25 (38.5) | 125 (31.3) | 1206 (30.0) |
| Quebec | 16 (7.9) | 123 (24.6) | 17 (26.2) | 82 (20.5) | 804 (20.0) |
| New Brunswick | 10 (5.0) | 8 (1.6) | 1 (1.5) | 23 (5.8) | 227 (5.6) |
| Nova Scotia | 10 (5.0) | 18 (3.6) | 3 (4.6) | 22 (5.5) | 220 (5.5) |
| Prince Edward Island | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) | – | 2 (0.5) | 46 (1.1) |
| Newfoundland | 5 (2.5) | 8 (1.6) | 1 (1.5) | 12 (3.0) | 109 (2.7) |
| Nature of practice (HCPs) or residence (public) | |||||
| Urban | 116 (57.4) | 285 (57.0) | 38 (58.5) | 219 (54.8) | 1691 (42.0) |
| Suburban | 46 (22.8) | 132 (26.4) | 18 (27.7) | 125 (31.3) | 1471 (36.6) |
| Rural | 40 (19.8) | 83 (16.6) | 9 (13.8) | 53 (13.3) | 830 (20.6) |
| Don't know | – | – | – | – | 31 (0.8) |
| Involved in direct patient care >75% of the time | 109 (54.0) | 469 (93.8) | 56 (86.2) | 164 (41.0) | Not applicable |
| Number of years providing vaccines (mean (SD)) | 9.7 (7.3) | 19.5 (8.9) | 15.9 (4.5) | 6.1 (7.5) | Not applicable |
| Vaccines administered to adults/month | Not applicable | ||||
| None | 13 (7.1) | 5 (1.0) | 3 (4.7) | 14 (4.2) | |
| 1–5 | 61 (33.5) | 46 (9.3) | 19 (29.7) | 106 (32.1) | |
| 6–10 | 38 (20.9) | 101 (20.4) | 17 (26.6) | 95 (28.8) | |
| 11–20 | 32 (17.6) | 165 (33.3) | 14 (21.9) | 82 (24.8) | |
| 21–50 | 26 (14.3) | 131 (26.5) | 6 (9.4) | 25 (7.6) | |
| >50 | 12 (6.6) | 47 (9.5) | 5 (7.8) | 8 (2.4) | |
| Highest level of education | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | |
| Elementary | 18 (0.4) | ||||
| High school | 964 (24.0) | ||||
| College | 1221 (30.4) | ||||
| University diploma | 314 (7.8) | ||||
| University baccalaureate | 1038 (25.8) | ||||
| University masters | 355 (8.8) | ||||
| University doctorate | 83 (2.1) | ||||
| Prefer not to answer | 30 (0.7) | ||||
| Do you have a way of identifying unvaccinated adult patients? | Not applicable | ||||
| Yes | 102 (56.0) | 235 (47.5) | 23 (35.9) | 43 (13.0) | |
| No | 60 (33.0) | 236 (47.7) | 30 (46.9) | 244 (73.9) | |
| Don't know | 10 (5.5) | 21 (4.2) | 8 (12.5) | 22 (6.7) | |
| Not applicable | 10 (5.5) | 3 (0.6) | 3 (4.7) | 21 (6.4) | |
| Do you think you are up to date on all your adult vaccinations? | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | |
| Yes | 1861 (46.3) | ||||
| No | 954 (23.7) | ||||
| Don't know | 1208 (30.0) | ||||
| On average, how often do you visit a pharmacy? | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | |
| Once a week | 565 (14.0) | ||||
| Once a month | 1657 (41.2) | ||||
| A few times a year | 1450 (36.0) | ||||
| Once a year | 139 (3.5) | ||||
| Less than once a year | 170 (4.2) | ||||
| Never | 42 (1.0) | ||||
| On average, how often do you see a doctor? | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | Not obtained | |
| Once a week | 22 (0.5) | ||||
| Once a month | 304 (7.6) | ||||
| A few times a year | 2097 (52.1) | ||||
| Once a year | 951 (23.6) | ||||
| Less than once a year | 580 (14.4) | ||||
| Never | 69 (1.7) | ||||