Table 3.
Analysis of parents’ perceptions and attitudes towards influenza and QIV and their willingness on vaccination in the future.
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Total |
Willing to vaccinate their children |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perception and attitude | N (%) | Yes (n=1898) | No (n=2532) | P | Unadjusted OR | 95%CI |
| Previously heard of influenza | ||||||
| No | 213(4.8) | 55(2.9) | 158(6.2) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 4217(95.2) | 1843(97.1) | 2374(93.8) | 0.000 | 2.230 | 1.631–3.049 |
| Influenza knowledge level | ||||||
| Low | 1993(45.0) | 789(41.6) | 1204(47.5) | 0.000 | 1.000 | |
| Medium | 2083(47.0) | 937(49.4) | 1146(45.3) | 0.000 | 1.248 | 1.102–1.413 |
| High | 354(8.0) | 172(9.0) | 182(7.2) | 0.002 | 1.442 | 1.149–1.810 |
| Previously received QIV-related information | ||||||
| Yes | 1089(24.6) | 630(33.2) | 459(18.1) | 0.000 | 1.000 | |
| No | 1898(42.8) | 721(38.0) | 1177(46.5) | 0.000 | 0.446 | 0.383–0.519 |
| Uncertain | 1443(32.6) | 547(28.8) | 896(35.4) | 0.000 | 0.445 | 0.379–0.522 |
| Fear of side effects | ||||||
| No | 670(15.1) | 411(21.6) | 259(10.2) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 3760(84.9) | 1487(78.4) | 2273(89.8) | 0.000 | 0.412 | 0.348–0.488 |
| Mistrust of the new vaccine | ||||||
| No | 1687(38.1) | 892(47.0) | 795(31.4) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 2743(61.9) | 1006(53.0) | 1737(68.6) | 0.000 | 0.516 | 0.456–0.584 |
| Doubt of its effectiveness | ||||||
| No | 1691(38.2) | 831(43.8) | 860(34.0) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 2739(61.8) | 1067(56.2) | 1672(66.0) | 0.000 | 0.660 | 0.584–0.746 |
| Consider children are not susceptible to flu | ||||||
| No | 2642(59.6) | 1292(68.1) | 1350(53.3) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 1788(40.4) | 606(31.9) | 1182(46.7) | 0.000 | 0.536 | 0.473–0.607 |
| Consider oneself has no vaccine knowledge | ||||||
| No | 2161(48.8) | 1039(54.7) | 1122(44.3) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 2269(51.2) | 859(45.3) | 1410(55.7) | 0.000 | 0.701 | 0.584–0.742 |
| Consider vaccines are unaffordable | ||||||
| No | 3004(67.8) | 1370(72.2) | 1634(64.5) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 1426(32.2) | 528(27.8) | 898(35.5) | 0.000 | 0.701 | 0.616–0.798 |
| Concern that vaccine needs to be carefully administered | ||||||
| No | 613(13.8) | 360(19.0) | 253(10.0) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 3817(86.2) | 1538(81.0) | 2279(90.0) | 0.000 | 0.474 | 0.399–0.564 |
| Consider vaccines are not mandatory | ||||||
| No | 1317(29.7) | 671(35.4) | 646(25.5) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 3113(70.3) | 1227(64.6) | 1886(74.5) | 0.000 | 0.626 | 0.550–0.713 |
| Lack of knowledge on the influenza vaccine | ||||||
| No | 899(20.3) | 475(25.0) | 424(16.7) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 3531(79.7) | 1423(75.0) | 2108(83.3) | 0.603 | 0.520–0.698 | |
| Uncertainty of the efficacy | ||||||
| No | 780(17.6) | 438(23.1) | 342(13.5) | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 3650(82.4) | 1460(76.9) | 2190(86.5) | 0.521 | 0.445–0.609 | |
*Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.