Table 3.
Association between demographics and willingness to receive/recommend the influenza vaccine
| Willingness to receive the vaccine |
Willingness to recommend the vaccine |
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| Characteristics |
N * |
N(%) |
Adjusted OR [95%CI) |
P |
N |
N(%) |
Adjusted OR [95%CI) |
P |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 92 | 68 (23.7) | Ref | 82 | 70 (21.3) | Ref | ||
| 25–34 | 178 | 118 (41.1) | 0.69 [0.40,1.21] | 0.201 | 155 | 129 (39.3) | 0.88 [0.49,1.57] | 0.672 |
| 35–49 | 92 | 57 (19.9) | 0.57 [0.31,1.08] | 0.084 | 87 | 77 (23.5) | 1.58 [0.77,3.23] | 0.209 |
| ≥50 | 65 | 44 (15.3) | 0.74 [0.37,1.49] | 0.397 | 55 | 52 (15.9) | 1.42 [0.65,3.12] | 0.378 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 173 | 110 (38.3) | Ref | 158 | 130 (39.6) | Ref | ||
| Male | 254 | 177 (61.7) | 1.32 [0.87,1.98] | 0.188 | 221 | 198 (60.4) | 1.17 [0.74,1.84] | 0.500 |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Physician | 123 | 84 (29.3) | Ref | 114 | 104 (31.7) | Ref | ||
| Resident | 46 | 28 (9.8) | 0.72 [0.36,1.46] | 0.365 | 38 | 31 (9.5) | 0.38 [0.17,0.83] | 0.015 |
| Intern | 34 | 16 (5.6) | 0.41 [0.19,0.89] | 0.025 | 27 | 21 (6.4) | 0.29 [0.13,0.69] | 0.005 |
| Nurse | 182 | 124 (43.2) | 0.99 [0.61,1.62] | 0.976 | 159 | 133 (40.5) | 0.51 [0.28,0.91] | 0.024 |
| Other | 42 | 35 (12.2) | 2.32 [0.95,5.69] | 0.065 | 41 | 39 (11.9) | 1.78 [0.57,5.57] | 0.321 |
| Specialty | ||||||||
| General/ internal medicine | 94 | 57 (20.1) | Ref | 79 | 71 (21.8) | Ref | ||
| Pediatrics | 49 | 38 (13.4) | 2.24 [1.02,4.93] | 0.045 | 46 | 43 (13.2) | 2.46 [0.93,6.49] | 0.070 |
| Obstetrics/ gynecology | 19 | 16 (5.6) | 3.46 [0.94,12.71] | 0.061 | 19 | 19 (5.8) | - | - |
| Other | 262 | 173 (60.9) | 1.26 [0.78,2.05] | 0.349 | 232 | 193 (59.2) | 0.98 [0.57,1.68] | 0.936 |
| Average number of patients seen per day | ||||||||
| ≤10 | 137 | 94 (33.5) | Ref | 123 | 106 (33.1) | Ref | ||
| 11–30 | 241 | 163 (58.0) | 0.96 [0.61,1.50] | 0.845 | 208 | 178 (55.6) | 0.87 [0.53,1.41] | 0.567 |
| >30 | 41 | 24 (8.5) | 0.65 [0.31,1.32] | 0.233 | 40 | 36 (11.2) | 2.17 [0.79,6.00] | 0.134 |
| Experience (years) | ||||||||
| <5 | 167 | 114 (40.4) | Ref | 144 | 123 (38.1) | Ref | ||
| 5–14 | 147 | 97 (34.4) | 0.90 [0.56,1.45] | 0.688 | 133 | 111 (34.4) | 1.13 [0.68,1.87] | 0.642 |
| 15–24 | 57 | 36 (12.8) | 0.80 [0.42,1.49] | 0.480 | 53 | 48 (14.9) | 2.19 [0.96,4.99] | 0.061 |
| ≥25 | 51 | 35 (12.4) | 1.02 [0.52,1.99] | 0.961 | 44 | 41 (12.7) | 1.50 [0.69,3.24] | 0.303 |
* N totals for each factor may not sum to the total N since missing responses (i.e. respondent indicated “I don’t know” or “I don’t remember” or skipped the question) are not included in Table 3 calculations.