Table 6.
Attitudes towards mandatory vaccination of medical staff and medical students (MS) in Q30 and Q31.
| 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) | ||
| Q30: Do you think that a vaccine against seasonal flu and hepatitis B should be mandatory for medical staff (attending doctors, nurses etc.)? | |||||||
| A. No, because everyone should have the right to choose. | 227 (12.5) | 63 (11.4) | 164 (13.0) | 75 (16.1) | 77 (11.9) | 65 (10.0) | 10 (17.2) |
| B. No, because those vaccines are not effective. | 21 (1.2) | 9 (1.6) | 12 (1.0) | 9 (1.9) | 5 (0.8) | 6 (0.9) | 1 (1.7) |
| C. No, because those vaccines are not safe. | 7 (0.4) | 3 (0.5) | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.6) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| D. Yes, because medical staff has a greater chance to get infected and then spread the spread the virus. | 1566 (86.0) | 480 (86.5) | 1079 (85.7) | 380 (81.4) | 561 (87.0) | 578 (88.8) | 47 (81.0) |
| Q31: Do you think that a vaccine against seasonal flu and hepatitis B should be mandatory for medical students? | |||||||
| A. No, because everyone should have the right to choose. | 287 (15.8) | 85 (15.3) | 202 (16.0) | 106 (22.7) | 96 (14.9) | 75 (11.5) | 10 (17.2) |
| B. No, because these vaccines are not safe. | 6 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| C. No, because those vaccines are not effective. | 22 (1.2) | 8 (1.4) | 14 (1.1) | 9 (1.9) | 6 (0.9) | 6 (0.9) | 1 (1.7) |
| D. Yes, because medical students rotate through different departments in a hospital and can spread the virus. | 1506 (82.7) | 460 (82.9) | 1039 (82.5) | 349 (74.7) | 542 (84.0) | 568 (87.3) | 47 (81.0) |
Results are presented as n (%). Q30 against gender p = 0.384, Q30 against year of study p = 0.038, Q31 against gender p = 0.881, Q31 against year of study p < 0.001, p for Fisher’s exact test. JD—junior doctors.