Are healthcare workers’ intentions to vaccinate related to their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes? a systematic review

Herzog, Raúl; Álvarez-Pasquin, Mª José; Díaz, Camino; Del Barrio, José Luis; Estrada, José Manuel; Gil, Ángel

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-154

Table 7 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Are healthcare workers’ intentions to vaccinate related to their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes? a systematic review

Authors	Knowledge, beliefs, attitudes	Measure of intention to vaccinate^A	Design	Type of tool	Mean to collect data	Anonymity	Questionnaire: new, previously used, validated	Target population^B	Vaccine studied^C
Clark et al. [29]	attitude	2	cross-sectional	survey	mail	not specified	new	Obst./Gyn.	DTP
Petousis-Harris et al. [28]	knowledge	4	cross-sectional	survey	telephone	not anonymous	new	Nurses	P,MMR
Wilson et al. [26]	beliefs and attitude	2	cross-sectional	survey	working place or similar	not specified	new	Nat. stu.	PedV
Jungbauer-Gans et al. [25]	beliefs and attitude	1 and 3	cross-sectional	survey and record linked	not specified and record linked	not specified	not specified	FP/GP, Ped.	PedV
Milledge et al. [24]	beliefs and attitude	2	cross-sectional	survey	mail	not specified	not specified	FP/GP	Var.
Zimmerman et al. [22]	beliefs and attitude	2	cross-sectional	survey	mail, e-mail or web, telephone	not anonymous	new	FP/GP, Ped.	Var.
Davis et al. [30]	attitude	2	cross-sectional	survey	mail	not specified	not specified	FP/GP, Int.	DTP
Davis et al. [23]	beliefs and attitude	1	cross-sectional	survey	mail	not specified	new	FP/GP, Ped.	Pn.
Russell et al. [27]	beliefs	1	cross-sectional	survey	mail	not specified	new	Chiropractors	GenV
Taylor et al. [21]	knowledge and attitude	3	cross-sectional	survey and record linked	working place and record linked	not anonymous	not specified	Ped.	DTP,MMR, Hep. B,HiB,Pol.
Gust et al. [31]	attitude	1	cross-sectional	survey and record linked	e-mail or web	anonymous	previously used	FP/GP, Ped.	PedV
Gonik et al. [19]	attitude	1	cross-sectional	survey	mail	anonymous	new	Obst./Gyn.	DT, MMR, Hep.B, Var.
Schupfner et al. [20]	beliefs and attitude	4	cross-sectional	survey	mail	anonymous	new	Ped.	PedV
Goodyear-Smith et al. [32]	knowledge	3	cross-sectional	survey and record linked	telephone and record linked	not anonymous	previously used, modified	FP/GP	PedV
Salmon et al. [33]	beliefs and attitude	1	case and control	survey and record linked	mail	not anonymous	not specified	PHCP, DO	SchV
Kappa index	0,65	0,71	1	0,72	0,9	0,89	0,9	0,92	0,83

A) 1) Reported habit of vaccination or recommending vaccination to the patients. 2) Reported intention to vaccinate or recommend vaccination to the patients. 3) Record linked vaccination coverage. 4) Reported vaccination coverage. B) FP/GP: family practice and general practice. Ped.: pediatrician. Int.: internist. Obst./Gyn.: obstetrician and gynecologist. Nat. stu.: naturopathy students. PHCP: primary healthcare provider. DO: doctors in osteopathy C) DT: difteria, tetanus. P: pertussis. MMR: measles, mumps, rubella. Hep.B: B hepatitis. HiB: Haemophilus influenzae type B. Pol.: polio Var: varicella. Pn.: antipneumoccocal vaccine for children. GenV: vaccine in general. PedV: vaccines recommended in pediatrics. SchV: vaccine required for school entry.

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