Table 3.

Attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs about influenza and pneumonia vaccinations according to the participants’ willingness to take influenza and pneumococcal vaccines under doctors’ recommendation.

Variables/Questions	Answers	Willingness to take influenza and pneumococcal vaccines (Mean ± Standard Deviation, or percentage)
		Yes	No or not sure	P-value
Age	–	37.9 ± 15.65	40.79 ± 15.96	0.20
Disease duration	–	4.49 ± 6.65	4.48 ± 5.49	0.98
Male	–	34.1	31.9	0.74
Have you got vaccination in recent five years?	Yes	9.89	4.17	0.08
	No or not sure	90.1	95.8
Have you ever heard of influenza vaccine?	Yes	76.9	61.8	0.016
	No or not sure	23.1	38.2
Have you ever heard of pneumococcal vaccine?	Yes	37.4	19.4	0.002
	No or not sure	62.6	80.6
Do you know the place for vaccination?	Yes	48.4	41.0	0.267
	No or not sure	51.6	59.0
There is a doctor who recommends me to take influenza and pneumonia vaccines.	Yes	5.49	2.78	0.29
	No or not sure	94.5	97.2
It could be serious if I have influenza.	Yes	74.7	52.8	0.001
	No or not sure	25.3	47.2
It could be serious if I have pneumonia.	Yes	85.7	74.3	0.037
	No or not sure	14.3	25.7
I am willing to take influenza and pneumonia vaccination with the fee covered by insurance.	Yes	79.1	46.5	＜0.001
	No or not sure	20.9	53.5
Vaccination is safe and reliable.	Yes	60.4	32.6	＜0.001
	No or not sure	39.6	67.4
I have access to get knowledge about vaccination.	Yes	42.8	33.3	0.004
	No or not sure	57.2	66.7
I know I need to take influenza vaccine because of my age and disease.	Yes	25.3	12.5	0.012
	No or not sure	74.7	87.5
I know I need to take pneumococcal vaccine because of my age and disease.	Yes	8.79	5.56	0.337
	No or not sure	91.2	94.4
I know family members or friends taking influenza or pneumococcal vaccines.	Yes	20.9	10.4	0.026
	No or not sure	79.1	89.6
A person who has not taken flu vaccine will be more likely to get flu than the other people taking flu vaccines.	Yes	75.8	51.4	＜0.001
	No or not sure	24.2	48.6