Table 5.

Reasons for influenza vaccination and non-vaccination among all HCWs, physicians, nurses, and others in Chongqing, 2018–2019 influenza season

	Total		Physicians		Nurses		Others*
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Got influenza vaccination last year	237	100	79	33.34	136	57.38	22	9.28
Reasons for vaccination**
Protecting me from the influenza	221	93.25	73	92.41	129	94.85	19	86.36
Recommended by the government and health authorities	104	43.88	37	46.84	61	44.85	6	27.27
Recommended by relatives or friends	85	35.87	25	31.65	53	38.97	7	31.82
Others	8	3.38	4	5.06	2	1.47	2	9.09
Didn’t get influenza vaccination last year	1175	100	378	32.17	605	51.49	192	16.34
Reasons for non-vaccination**
Have no time to vaccinate	772	65.70	258	68.25	409	67.60	105	54.69
Believe that it is unnecessary to vaccinate	348	29.62	119	31.48	162	26.78	67	34.90
Worry about the quality of the influenza vaccine	323	27.49	115	30.42	161	26.61	47	24.48
Worry about the adverse reactions after vaccination	302	25.70	81	21.43	170	28.10	51	26.65
Believe that the price of influenza vaccine is too high	200	17.02	59	15.61	109	18.02	32	16.67
Allergy contraindications	173	14.72	52	13.76	89	14.71	32	16.67
Believe that influenza vaccination is inconvenient and poor accessible	168	14.30	56	14.81	94	15.54	18	9.38
Believe that the influenza vaccine does not work	138	11.74	46	12.17	75	12.40	17	8.85

* Others: those HCWs without patient contact include laboratory and radiology technicians and administrative support staff.

** These reasons are not mutually exclusive.