Table 3.
Reasons for choosing or rejecting influenza vaccine among health care workers in Vietnam, by specialization
| Beliefs (for vaccinated, n=700) | Physician (n=102) | Nurse (n=298) | Technician (n=73) | Office worker (n=64) | Midwives (n=70) | Other (n=93) | P across groups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza vaccine will protect them against influenza | 68 (67%) | 171 (57%) | 53 (73%) | 42 (66%) | 46 (66%) | 67 (72%) | 0.050 |
| Did not want to transmit influenza to their patients | 61 (60%) | 177 (59%) | 47 (64%) | 25 (39%) | 57 (81%) | 48 (52%) | <0.001 |
| Did not want to transmit influenza to their family | 65 (64%) | 173 (58%) | 50 (68%) | 36 (56%) | 60 (86%) | 57 (61%) | 0.001 |
| Vaccination was recommended by their colleagues | 22 (21%) | 89 (30%) | 30 (41%) | 29 (45%) | 29 (41%) | 27 (29%) | 0.001 |
| Beliefs (for non-vaccinated, n=750) | Physician (n=131) | Nurse (n=305) | Technician (n=91) | Office worker (n=59) | Midwives (n=96) | Other (n=68) | P across groups |
| Never had seasonal influenza before | 8 (6%) | 16 (5%) | 4 (4%) | 4 (7%) | 12 (13%) | 12 (18%) | 0.004 |
| Worrying about side effects of this vaccine | 15 (11%) | 84 (28%) | 18 (20%) | 15 (25%) | 27 (28%) | 12 (18%) | 0.005 |
| Afraid of needle | 9 (7%) | 35 (11%) | 10 (11%) | 12 (20%) | 16 (17%) | 4 (6%) | 0.035 |
| No time to get vaccinated | 29 (22%) | 35 (12%) | 12 (13%) | 9 (15%) | 5 (5%) | 14 (21%) | 0.003 |
*
the highest % is the reference group underlined, those significant differences are marked in bold resulting from 2x2 table of the reference group with others on the same row.