Volume 19, Number 10—October 2013
Dispatch
Declining Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Nurses, Hong Kong, 2006–2012
Table 1
General characteristics of questionnaire about influenza vaccination and nurses’ responses
2006 Sep–Oct | 2007 Oct–Nov | 2009 July–Aug | 2011 Mar–Apr | 2012 Feb–Mar | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
General | |||||
No. questionnaires delivered | 2,825 | 2,929 | 2,929 | 2,494 | 2,492 |
Response rate, % | 38.2 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 26.6 |
Total no. respondents | 903 | 739 | 779 | 477 | 651 |
Male, % |
11.7 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
17.6 |
15.1 |
Reasons for getting vaccinated, no. respondents* | 510 | 339 | 306 | 127 | 161 |
Self-protection, % | 74 | 88 | 87 | 94 | 91 |
Protecting others, % | 32 | 58 | 53 | 71 | 67 |
Work requirement, % |
38 |
55 |
62 |
39 |
33 |
Reasons for not getting vaccinated,* no. respondents | 377 | 397 | 451 | 350 | 490 |
Concern about side effects, % | 42 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 56 |
Ineffectiveness for self-protection, % | 50 | 57* | 51 | 45 | 50 |
Ineffectiveness for protecting others, % | 9 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 23 |
Lack of work requirement, % | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
*A multiple-choice list was provided for respondents. Only common reasons specifically chosen by respondents in each survey are included in the table, in order of their preferences. Less than 5% chose “other” as their reason for getting vaccinated, whereas ≈20% chose “other” as their reason for not getting vaccinated.
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