Table 2.
PACV items and descriptive statistics of the PACV-15 and PACV-5 (N = 1,388)
| S/N | PACV Items | Parent responses | German |
French |
Italian |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| 1 | Have you ever delayed having your child get a shot for reasons other than illness or allergy? | No | 624 (72.3) | 184 (71.6) | 221 (89.5) | 1029 (75.7) |
| Yes | 231 (27.0) | 73 (28.4) | 26 (10.5) | 330 (24.3) | ||
| 2 | Have you ever decided not to have your child get a shot for reasons other than illness or allergy? | No | 592 (69.6) | 166 (64.3 | 228 (91.9) | 986 (72.7) |
| Yes | 259 (30.4) | 92 (35.7) | 20 (8.1) | 371 (27.3) | ||
| 3 | How sure are you that following the recommended immunization schedule is a good idea for your child?d | 0–5 | 705 (81.3) | 203 (77.8) | 236 (95.2) | 1144 (83.1) |
| 6–7 | 59 (6.8) | 8 (3.1) | 2 (0.8) | 69 (5.0) | ||
| 8–10 | 103 (11.9) | 50 (19.2) | 10 (4) | 163 (11.8) | ||
| 4 | “Children get more shots than are good for them”a | Disagree | 441 (50.9) | 97 (37.3) | 174 (70.2) | 712 (51.8) |
| Agree | 297 (34.3) | 129 (49.6) | 45 (18.2) | 471 (34.3) | ||
| Not sure | 127 (14.7) | 45 (18.2) | 29 (11.7) | 190 (13.8) | ||
| 5 | I believe that many of the illnesses that shots prevent are severe.a | Disagree | 81 (9.4) | 37 (14.3) | 16 (6.5) | 134 (9.8) |
| Agree | 695 (80.4) | 177 (68.3) | 217 (87.5) | 1089 (79.4) | ||
| Not sure | 89 (10.3) | 45 (17.4) | 15 (6.1) | 149 (10.9) | ||
| 6 | It is better for my child to develop immunity by getting sick than to get a shot.a | Disagree | 450 (53.1) | 109 (42.3) | 182 (73.1) | 741 (54.7) |
| Agree | 215 (25.4) | 107 (41.5) | 34 (13.7) | 356 (26.3) | ||
| Not sure | 183 (21.6) | 42 (16.3) | 33 (13.3) | 258 (19.0) | ||
| 7 | It is better for children to get fewer vaccines at the same time.a | Disagree | 224 (26.6) | 56 (21.7) | 36 (14.5) | 316 (23.4) |
| Agree | 404 (47.9) | 140 (54.3) | 154 (62.1) | 698 (51.8) | ||
| Not sure | 214 (25.4) | 62 (24.4) | 58 (23.4) | 334 (24.8) | ||
| 8 | How concerned are you that your child might have a serious side effect from a shot?c | Not concerned | 331 (38.4) | 173 (66.5) | 117 (46.9) | 621 (45.3) |
| Concerned | 457 (52.9) | 79 (30.4) | 126 (50.6) | 662 (48.3) | ||
| Not sure | 75 (8.7) | 8 (3.1) | 6 (2.4) | 89 (6.5) | ||
| 9 | How concerned are you that any one of the childhood shots might not be safe?c | Not concerned | 552 (64.5) | 112 (43.6) | 140 (56.2) | 804 (59.0) |
| Concerned | 209 (24.4) | 129 (50.2) | 97 (38.9) | 435 (31.9) | ||
| Not sure | 95 (11.1) | 16 (6.2) | 12 (4.8) | 123 (9.0) | ||
| 10 | How concerned are you that a shot might not prevent the disease?c | Not concerned | 176 (20.4) | 89 (34.5) | 91 (36.6) | 356 (25.9) |
| Concerned | 612 (70.9) | 149 (57.8) | 148 (59.4) | 909 (66.4) | ||
| Not sure | 75 (8.7) | 20 (7.8) | 10 (4.0) | 105 (7.7) | ||
| 11 | If you had another infant today, would you want him/her to get all the recommended shots? | No | 243 (28.1) | 96 (36.9) | 20 (8.0) | 359 (26.1) |
| Yes | 602 (69.6) | 161 (61.9) | 226 (90.8) | 989 (71.9) | ||
| Don’t know | 20 (2.3) | 3 (1.1) | 3 (1.2) | 26 (1.9) | ||
| 12 | Overall, how hesitant about childhood shots would you consider yourself to be?b | Not hesitant | 501 (58.5) | 130 (49.8) | 212 (85.1) | 843 (61.7) |
| Hesitant | 235 (27.4) | 116 (44.4) | 34 (13.7) | 385 (28.2) | ||
| Not sure | 121 (14.1) | 15 (5.8) | 3 (1.2) | 139 (10.2) | ||
| 13 | I trust the information I receive about shots.a | Disagree | 100 (11.7) | 50 (19.5) | 18 (7.3) | 168 (12.4) |
| Agree | 599 (70.2) | 153 (59.5) | 217 (87.5) | 969 (71.4) | ||
| Not sure | 154 (18.1) | 54 (21.0) | 13 (5.2) | 221 (12.3) | ||
| 14 | I am able to openly discuss my concerns about shots with my child’s doctor.a | Disagree | 13 (1.5) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.2) | 18 (1.3) |
| Agree | 807 (96.1) | 254 (97.7) | 243 (98.4) | 1327 (96.9) | ||
| Not sure | 19 (2.2) | 4 (1.5) | 1 (0.4) | 24 (1.8) | ||
| 15 | All things considered, how much do you trust your child’s doctor?” | 0–5 | 839 (97.9) | 259 (99.6) | 244 (99.2) | 1342 (98.5) |
| 6–7 | 16 (1.9) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 18 (1.3) | ||
| 8–10 | 2 (0.2) | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.2) |
Items highlighted blue indicate the items included in the short PACV version (PACV-5). All values shown indicate numbers (%) unless stated otherwise.
aAgree shows combined responses of strongly agree and agree; disagree shows combined responses of strongly disagree and disagree.
bHesitant shows combined responses of very and somewhat hesitant; not hesitant shows combined responses of not at all and not too hesitant.
cConcerned shows combined responses of very and somewhat concerned; not concerned shows combined responses of not concerned at all and not too concerned.
dResponse category on a 0–10 scale, with 0 being ‘do not trust at all’ and 10 being ‘completely trust’