Table 4.
Miscellaneous behaviors and influenza vaccine in relation to the frequency of influenza-like illness among adults in Saudi Arabia
| Behavior | Frequency of influenza-like illness in 4 weeks n 2082 (%) |
OR | 95% Conf. Interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3b | > 3b | |||
| Touch my eyes and nose | ||||
| Never | 97 (18.9) | 283 (18.0) | REF | |
| Rarely | 266 (52.0) | 771 (49.1) | 0.99 | 0.76–1.3 |
| Sometimes | 98 (19.1) | 298 (19.0) | 1.04 | 0.75–1.44 |
| Always | 51 (10.0) | 218 (13.9) | 1.47 | 1.0–2.15 |
| Action on sneezing | ||||
| On my hands | 478 (30.4) | 148 (28.9) | 1.06 | 0.8–1.4 |
| On my clothes | 113 (7.2) | 39 (7.6) | 1.18 | 0.77–1.81 |
| Using napkins | 438 (27.9) | 166 (32.4) | 1.30 | 0.98–1.73 |
| On my forearm | 184 (11.7) | 55 (10.7) | 1.03 | 0.71–1.49 |
| On the air | 357 (22.7) | 104 (20.3) | REF | |
| Influenza Vaccination this | ||||
| Year | ||||
| Yes | 106 (6.8) | 42 (8.2) | 1.23 | 0.85–1.79 |
| No | 1464 (93.2) | 470 (91.8) | REF | |
| Annual influenza vaccination | ||||
| Yes | 66 (15.1) | 12 (7.8) | 0.47 | 0.25–0.90a |
| No | 370 (84.9) | 142 (92.2) | REF | |
OR Odds Ratio
The data are presented as numbers (%) and 95%Confidence Interval for comparison and Statistical significance
aStatistically significant difference
bNumber of times people were affected with influenza-like illness