Table 2.
Questions and answers about disease perception and vaccination.
| Number | Question | Yes Or I agreed Number (percentage) |
No Or I disagreed Number (percentage) |
I didn’t know Number (percentage) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge and attitudes about vaccination | ||||
| Q2 | Have you ever heard of influenza vaccine? | 159 (67.7) | 76 (32.3) | - |
| Q3 | Have you ever heard of pneumococcal vaccine? | 62 (26.4) | 173 (73.6) | - |
| Q4 | Have you ever heard of herpes zoster vaccine? | 43 (18.3) | 192 (81.7) | - |
| Q5 | Do you know where you can get the vaccine shots mentioned above? | 103 (43.8) | 132 (56.2) | - |
| Q12 | I won’t have flu if I take flu vaccine. | 26 (11.1) | 117 (49.8) | 92 (39.1) |
| Q13 | A person who has not taken flu vaccine will be more likely to get flu than the other people taking flu vaccines. | 143 (60.9) | 23 (9.8) | 69 (29.3) |
| Q14 | I will not easily get pneumonia if taking pneumococcal vaccine. | 115 (48.9) | 30 (12.8) | 90 (38.3) |
| Q17 | Vaccination is safe and reliable. | 102 (43.4) | 38 (16.2) | 95 (40.4) |
| Q18 | It takes huge risks to be vaccinated. | 22 (9.4) | 116 (49.4) | 97 (41.2) |
| Q19 | I have access to get knowledge about vaccination. | 75 (31.9) | 35 (14.9) | 125 (53.2) |
| Q15 | Basic medical insurance would cover influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. | 29 (12.3) | 22 (9.4) | 184 (78.3) |
| Q16 | I am not willing to take influenza and pneumonia vaccination despite fee problem. | 36 (15.3) | 139 (59.1) | 60 (25.5) |
| Q20 | I know I need to take flu vaccine because of my age and disease. | 41 (17.4) | 33 (14) | 161 (68.6) |
| Q21 | I don’t know I need to take pneumococcal vaccine because of my age and disease. | 79 (33.6) | 15 (6.4) | 141 (60) |
| Q22 | I know family members or friends taking influenza or pneumococcal vaccines before. | 34 (14.5) | 47 (20) | 154 (65.5) |
| Q6 | Is there any doctor who recommend you to take the vaccine shots mentioned above? | 9 (3.8) | 221 (94) | 5 (2.2) |
| Q24 | I am willing to take influenza or pneumococcal vaccine under doctor’s recommendation. | 91 (38.7) | 44 (18.7) | 90 (38.3) |
| Perception of disease of their own | ||||
| Q8 | I once had tuberculosis. | 9 (3.8) | 218 (92.8) | 8 (3.4) |
| Q9 | I had antibodies of HBV. | 68 (28.9) | 27 (11.5) | 129 (54.9) |
| I had HBV infection. | 11 (4.7) | |||
| Knowledge of common infections | ||||
| Q10 | It won’t be serious if I get flu. | 44 (18.7) | 144 (61.3) | 47 (20) |
| Q11 | It could be serious if I have pneumonia. | 185 (78.7) | 12 (5.1) | 38 (16.2) |
| Vaccination uptake status | ||||
| Q1 | Vaccination uptake | |||
| Influenza | 1 | |||
| Pneumonia | 0 | |||
| Herpes zoster | 0 | |||
| HAV | 0 | |||
| HBV | 3 | |||
| HPV | 2 | |||
| Rabies | 4 | |||
| Tetanus | 2 | |||
| Others | 3 | |||
| Q23 | Reasons given for non-vaccination | |||
| unnecessary | 21 (8.9) | |||
| too expensive | 7 (3.0) | |||
| troublesome | 20 (8.5) | |||
| No reason | 124 (52.8) | |||
HAV, Hepatitis A virus; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; HPV, Human papillomavirus (HPV)