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. 2020 Aug 3;13:989–997. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S243048

Table 4.

Factors Associated with Willing to Promote HPV Vaccination Among the Medical Staff and Medical Student

Variables Willing to Promote (N=248) Chi-Square P Code OR
nyes=158 % nno=90 %
Age range (years) 36.516 <0.001a
 ≤25 42 45.7 50 54.3 1
 26–30 26 55.3 21 44.7 1.474(0.727–2.987)
 31–35 14 63.6 8 36.4 2.083(0.797–5.445)
 36–40 11 73.3 4 26.7 3.274(0.971–11.041)
 ≥41 65 90.3 7 9.7 11.054(4.581–26.678)
Gender 4.469 0.035
 Male 22 48.9 23 51.1 1
 Female 136 67.0 67 33.0 2.122(1.104–4.080)
Education 2.228 0.518
 Master and above 32 58.2 23 41.8 -
 Undergraduate 91 63.6 52 36.4 -
 Junior college 29 67.4 14 32.6 -
 Technical secondary school 6 85.7 1 14.3 -
Profession 31.716 <0.001
 Medical student 44 43.1 58 56.9 1
 Medical staff 114 78.1 32 21.9 4.696(2.698–8.175)
Average family income 9.485 0.023
 <¥3000 30 50.8 29 49.2 1
 ¥3001-5000 62 71.3 25 28.7 2.397(1.202–4.780)
 ¥5001-8000 32 57.1 24 42.9 1.289(0.618–2.689)
 >¥8000 34 73.9 12 26.1 2.739(1.191–6.299)
Willing to receive HPV vaccination 10.620 0.002
 No 7 31.8 15 68.2 1
 Yes 151 66.8 75 33.2 4.314(1.687–11.032)
Professional Title 36.620 <0.001a
 No technical titles (Intern physician) 47 44.8 58 55.2 1
 Resident 31 62.0 19 38.0 2.013(1.011–4.008)
 Attending physician 45 81.8 10 18.2 5.553(2.531–12.185)
 Associate chief physician 27 90.0 3 10.0 11.106(3.172–38.893)
 Chief physician 8 100.0 0 0.0 -

Notes: n0: Combine people with neutral, ambiguous and negative views into people who do not actively recommend HPV vaccine. Bold formatting means statistically significant. aLinear by linear association. bContinuity correction. Adash indicates that data are not available.