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. 2021 Jan 28;6(1):e003357. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003357

Table 3.

Reasons for delayed measles vaccination

Control
(N=160)
n (%)
SMS
(N=146)
n (%)
SMS + 150KES
(N=149)
n (%)
Total
(n=455)
n (%)
Not vaccinated by age 10 months 51 (32) 32 (22%) 33 (22) 116 (26)
Reason for delay queried 41 (80) 29 (91) 25 (76) 95 (82)
Reason for delay Control
(N=41) (%)
SMS
(N=29) (%)
SMS + 150KES
(N=25) (%)
Total
(N=95) (%)
Nurses' strike 12 (29) 13 (45) 9 (36) 34 (36)
Vaccine not in stock 6 (15) 4 (14) 5 (20) 15 (16)
Child was ill 4 (10) 2 (7) 2 (8) 8 (8)
Reason not given 1 (2) 4 (14) 2 (8) 7 (7)
Travelling 4 (10) 2 (7) 1 (4) 7 (7)
Not recorded in home-based vaccination record 5 (12) 0 (0) 1 (4) 6 (6)
Didn't know date 3 (7) 0 (0) 2 (8) 5 (5)
Nurse refused to open vial 2 (5) 0 (0) 1 (4) 3 (3)
Forgot 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (2)
Competing priorities 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (2)
Clinic too far 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (4) 1 (1)
Previous vaccine delayed 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Vaccine not important 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (4) 1 (1)
Forgot home-based vaccination record 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Discouraged by friend 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Caretaker was ill 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 1 (1)

SMS, short message service; KES, Kenya Shillings.