Table 6.

Reasons for vaccinations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Reasons	Influenza vaccination (n = 102)	Pneumococcal vaccination (n = 59)
Doctor recommended	91 (89.2)	58 (98.3)
I know it from a friend’s advice	25 (24.5)	2 (3.4)
I know it from a poster	19 (18.6)	1 (1.7)
I know it from television	17 (16.7)	1 (1.7)
I know it from the internet	5 (4.9)	1 (1.7)
I asked my doctor to prevent exacerbation	4 (3.9)	0 (0)
I asked a doctor how to get better from disease	4 (3.9)	0 (0)
I worry about disease, so I got advice from a doctor	1 (1.0)	0 (0)

Data shown as n (%).