Table 4.
Parent inactive vaccine recommendation.
| Inactive immunizations |
Total N = 153 N (%) |
Coastal N = 28 N (%) |
Midwest N = 64 N (%) |
South N = 61 N (%) |
Fischer's exact p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No one ever told me when it was ok to receive INACTIVE immunizations. | 20 (13) | 6 (21) | 4 (6) | 10 (16) | 0.07 |
| I was told it was OK to receive INACTIVE immunizations when my child is… | |||||
| a. Off steroids and in remission | 74 (48) | 12 (43) | 39 (61) | 23 (38) | 0.03 |
| b. On Low dose (every other day) steroids | 58 (38) | 8 (29) | 30 (47) | 20 (33) | 0.15 |
| c. On daily high dose steroids | 50 (33) | 8 (29) | 24 (38) | 18 (30) | 0.57 |
| d. Off other immunosuppressive medications (i.e., cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclophosphamide, rituximab) | 51 (33) | 7 (25) | 24 (38) | 20 (33) | 0.56 |
| I was told that my child could receive INACTIVE immunizations at any time regardless of type of medication or remission status. | 49 (32) | 7 (25) | 24 (38) | 18 (30) | 0.47 |
| I was told that my child could never receive INACTIVE immunizations. | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — |
| Parent had correct knowledge of guidelines | 49 (32) | 7 (25) | 24 (38) | 18 (30) | 0.47 |
Data are shown as number (percent).