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. 2022 Apr 12;16(5):881–890. doi: 10.1111/irv.12988

TABLE 2.

Measures of agreement between self‐reported vaccination status and documented vaccination status for the five to six influenza seasons preceding interview among participating healthcare personnel (N = 683)—2018–2019 to 2019–2020

Influenza season Able to self‐report influenza vaccine status Self‐reported vaccination status Documented vaccination status Absolute difference a Prevalence‐adjusted kappa coefficient b Sensitivity Specificity Positive predictive value Negative predictive value
N % % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % Coeff. (95% CI) Value (95% CI) Value (95% CI) Value (95% CI) Value (95% CI)
All sites (N = 683)
Preceding season 613 89.7 97.1 97.9 −0.8 90.5 (87.2, 93.9) 97.2 (95.5, 98.3) 7.7 (0.2, 36.0) 98.0 (97.7, 98.3) 5.6 (0.8, 29.1)
2 seasons prior 611 89.5 99.5 92.8 6.7 86.6 (82.6, 90.5) 100 (99.3, 100) 6.8 (1.4, 18.7) 93.3 (92.7, 93.7) c
3 seasons prior 599 87.7 98.2 95.3 2.9 90.3 (86.9, 93.7) 98.9 (97.7, 99.6) 17.9 (6.1, 36.9) 96.1 (95.4, 96.7) 45.5 (21.3, 72.0)
4 seasons prior 584 85.5 98.1 92.5 5.6 86.0 (81.8, 90.1) 99.3 (98.1, 99.8) 15.9 (6.6, 30.1) 93.5 (92.7, 94.3) 63.6 (34.7, 85.2)
5 seasons prior 564 82.6 96.8 89.5 7.3 81.9 (77.2, 86.7) 99.0 (97.7, 99.7) 22.0 (12.3, 34.7) 91.6 (90.5, 92.6) 72.2 (49.0, 87.6)
6 seasons prior d 108 73.5 91.7 86.1 5.6 81.5 (70.5, 92.4) 97.9 (92.5, 99.7) 46.7 (21.3, 73.4) 91.9 (87.6, 94.8) 77.8 (44.5, 93.9)
Baylor Scott & White Health System (N = 318)
Preceding season 276 86.8 96.7 96.4 0.3 93.1 (89.5, 95.8) 96.6 (93.7, 98.4) c c c
2 seasons prior 275 86.5 100 89.1 10.9 95.3 (92.0, 97.6) 100 (98.5, 100) c c c
3 seasons prior 271 85.2 99.3 93.0 6.3 84.5 (78.1, 90.9) 99.2 (97.2, 99.9) c 92.9 (89.3, 95.7) c
4 seasons prior 265 83.3 99.3 89.1 10.2 78.1 (70.6, 85.6) 99.6 (97.7, 100) c 89.3 (88.7, 90.0) c
5 seasons prior 259 81.5 98.8 88.0 10.8 73.7 (65.5, 82.0) 98.7 (96.2, 99.7) c 87.9 (87.7, 89.1) c
Kaiser Permanente Northwest (N = 365)
Preceding season 337 92.3 97.3 99.1 −1.8 94.1 (90.4, 97.7) 97.6 (95.3, 99.0) 99.4 (98.7, 99.7) 11.1 (2.1, 41.6)
2 seasons prior 336 92.1 99.1 95.8 3.3 93.5 (89.7, 97.3) 100 (98.9, 100) 96.7 (95.7, 97.5) c
3 seasons prior 328 89.9 97.3 97.3 0 95.1 (91.8, 98.5) 98.7 (96.8, 99.7) 55.6 (21.2, 86.3) 98.7 (97.4, 99.4) 55.6 (28.7, 79.6)
4 seasons prior 319 87.4 97.2 95.3 1.9 92.5 (88.3, 96.7) 99.0 (97.1, 99.8) 40.0 (16.3, 67.7) 97.1 (95.7, 98.1) 66.7 (35.6, 87.9)
5 seasons prior 305 83.6 95.1 90.8 4.3 88.9 (83.7, 94.0) 99.3 (97.4, 99.9) 46.4 (27.5, 66.1) 94.8 (92.8, 96.3) 86.7 (60.7, 96.5)
a

Absolute difference in self‐reported vaccination status versus documented vaccination status.

b

Kappa coefficient showing percent agreement between self‐reported and documented influenza vaccination status.

c

Unable to estimate based on small numbers (n < 2).

d

Information on the sixth preceding season was available for 147 participants recruited in Year 2.