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. 2016 Nov 24;21(47):30406. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.47.30406

Table 3. General attitudes towards vaccination among the three clusters of general practitioners, weighted data, France, April to July 2014 (n = 1,575a).

Vaccine hesitancy All p valueb
No-to-slight
n = 1,353 (85.9%)
Moderate
n = 166 (10.6%)
High
n = 56 (3.5%)
Attitudes towards vaccination in general
Favourable to vaccination in general
Very favourable 84.7 56.2 43.4 80.3 < 0.0001
Quite favourable 14.5 35.0 24.8 17.0
Not favourable 0.8 8.9 31.8 2.7
Perceived role towards patients: convince them to vaccinate, even when they are reluctant
No 6.5 27.3 52.8 10.3 < 0.0001
Yes 93.5 72.7 47.2 89.7
Attitude towards vaccination
Ardent supporterc 20.6 7.4 0.0 18.5 < 0.0001
Radical opponentd 0.0 1.3 19.0 0.8
Other 79.4 91.3 81.0 80.7

a Seven missing values.

b Rao-Scott chi-squared test.

c Frequent recommendations (often/always) in all of the six vaccine situations AND no doubts about vaccine usefulness or safety, excluding items regarding the links between Guillain–Barré syndrome and seasonal influenza and between narcolepsy and Pandemrix, which are evidence-based.

d Rare recommendations (sometimes/never) in all of the six vaccine situations AND doubts about vaccine usefulness and risks, excluding items regarding the links between Guillain–Barré syndrome and seasonal influenza and between narcolepsy and Pandemrix.