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Table 3 Number of correct answers for the vaccination-related knowledge items with repeated measures

From: A school-based educational on-site vaccination intervention for adolescents in an urban area in Germany: feasibility and psychometric properties of instruments in a pilot study

Measure

Knowledge Items (schools 1 and 3) Generalized estimated equations for each item (imputed knowledge items, covariates: age, gender, SES)

Condition

Pre-educational unit

Post-educational unit

% correct responses (CI)

N students,

classes, schools

% correct responses (CI)

N students,

classes, schools

ITEM 1 Childhood disease

22 (16-28)

287, 14, 2

44 (38-50)

291, 14, 2

ITEM 2 Herd immunity

39 (32-46)

287, 14, 2

55 (44-66)

291, 14, 2

ITEM 3 Immunization

70 (65-76)

287, 14, 2

80 (76-84)

291, 14, 2

ITEM 4 Measles outbreak

61 (54-69)

287, 14, 2

86 (81-90)

291, 14, 2

ITEM 5 Bacteria a

34 (30-39)

258, 14, 2

32 (23-40)

283, 14, 2

ITEM 6 Infertility

35 (24-46)

127, 6, 1

82 (78-86)

130, 6, 1

ITEM 7 Pregnancy malformation

37 (27-46)

127, 6, 1

68 (61-75)

130, 6, 1

  1. a Item 5 – Bacteria was excluded in the process of item selection; accordingly, it was not imputed, as only items used for the computation of the knowledge scale were imputed. Thus, item 5 is reported with missing responses (6.4%), and listwise deletion is applied