Table 3.
Barriers to Vaccination Based on Responses to Adapted Vaccine Hesitancy Survey
| SAGE Vaccine Hesitancy Survey Question responses (%) | Full cohort (n = 143) |
Homebound (n = 41) |
Ambulatory (n = 102) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can vaccines protect people from serious disease? | 0.69 | |||
| No | 5 (3.5) | 2 (4.9) | 3 (2.9) | |
| I don’t know | 15 (10.5) | 5 (12.2) | 10 (9.8) | |
| Have the people who live with you been vaccinated with all the recommended vaccines? | 0.11 | |||
| No | 19 (13.3) | 6 (14.6) | 13 (12.8) | |
| I don’t know | 53 (37.1) | 20 (48.8) | 33 (32.4) | |
| Have you ever been hesitant about a vaccine? | ||||
| Yes | 35 (24.5) | 6 (14.6) | 29 (28.4) | 0.08 |
| Have you ever refused a vaccine? | ||||
| Yes | 19 (13.3) | 4 (9.8) | 15 (14.7) | 0.59 |
| Are there any reasons you think people should not be vaccinated? | ||||
| Yes | 46 (32.2) | 8 (19.5) | 38 (37.3) | 0.06 |
| Are there any reasons you think people with PD should not be vaccinated? | ||||
| Yes | 7 (4.9) | 3 (7.3) | 4 (3.9) | 0.46 |
| Do healthcare providers recommend vaccines for people with PD? | 0.06 | |||
| No | 18 (12.6) | 9 (22.0) | 9 (8.8) | |
| I don’t know | 45 (31.5) | 9 (22.0) | 36 (35.3) | |
| Perceived barriers to vaccination | ||||
| Distance to clinic | 2 (1.4) | 2 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.08 |
| Time needed to get to clinic | 3 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.9) | 0.56 |
| Difficulty traveling to clinic | 6 (4.2) | 5 (12.2) | 1 (1.0) | < 0.01 |
| Cost | 4 (2.8 | 1 (2.4) | 3 (2.9) | 1.00 |
Bolded p-values indicate statistical significance.