Table 5.
Attitudes towards seasonal influenza vaccination in Q28 and Q29 (n = 1821).
| Question Answer |
Total (n = 1821) | Gender | Year of Study | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 555) |
Female (n = 1259) |
1–2 (n = 467) |
3–4 (n = 645) |
5–6 (n = 651) |
JD (n = 58) |
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| Q28: What is your opinion about the seasonal flu vaccine? | |||||||
| A. It is an almost 100% protection against seasonal flu. | 126 (6.9) | 54 (9.7) | 72 (5.7) | 32 (6.9) | 48 (7.4) | 45 (6.9) | 1 (1.7) |
| B. It is not useful because the seasonal flu virus mutates constantly and there is a different type every year. | 310 (17.0) | 94 (16.9) | 214 (17.0) | 120 (25.7) | 109 (16.9) | 75 (11.5) | 6 (10.3) |
| C. It won’t necessary prevent you from contracting the seasonal flu, but the disease will be less serious. | 1379 (75.7) | 405 (73.0) | 969 (77.0) | 313 (67.0) | 486 (75.3) | 529 (81.3) | 51 (87.9) |
| D. Vaccines in general are not effective and the seasonal flu vaccine is not an exception. | 6 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Q29: How often do you get vaccinated against seasonal flu? | |||||||
| A. Every other season. | 73 (4.0) | 23 (4.1) | 50 (4.0) | 17 (3.6) | 21 (3.3) | 29 (4.5) | 6 (10.3) |
| B. Every season. | 329 (18.1) | 96 (17.3) | 232 (18.4) | 57 (12.2) | 88 (13.6) | 167 (25.7) | 17 (29.3) |
| C. I have never been vaccinated against seasonal flu. | 836 (45.9) | 234 (42.2) | 599 (47.6) | 233 (49.9) | 315 (48.8) | 271 (41.6) | 17 (29.3) |
| D. I haven only been vaccinated once. | 263 (14.4) | 80 (14.4) | 181 (14.4) | 69 (14.8) | 108 (16.7) | 81 (12.4) | 5 (8.6) |
| E. Not regularly. | 320 (17.6) | 122 (22.0) | 197 (15.6) | 91 (19.5) | 113 (17.5) | 103 (15.8) | 13 (22.4) |
Results are presented as n (%). Q28 against gender p = 0.020, Q28 against year of study p < 0.001, Q29 against gender p = 0.022, Q29 against year of study p < 0.001, p for Fisher’s exact test. JD—junior doctors.