Table 6 Factors associated with influenza vaccine uptake (N = 560)
Influenza vaccine uptake | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | p-value | ORa | 95% CI | ||
n = 111(%) | n = 449(%) | Lower | Upper | |||
Gender | 0.612 | |||||
Male | 28(18.4%) | 124(81.6%) | ||||
Female | 83(20.3%) | 325(79.7%) | ||||
Age (years) | 0.604 | |||||
< 30 | 41(18.7%) | 178(81.3%) | ||||
30-49 | 64 (21.2%) | 238(78.8%) | ||||
50 and above | 6(15.4%) | 33(84.6%) | ||||
Urbanicity | 0.489 | |||||
Urban | 59(18.8%) | 255(81.2%) | ||||
Rural | 52(21.1%) | 194(78.9%) | ||||
Occupation | 0.273 | |||||
Physician | 12(14.8%) | 69(85.2%) | ||||
Pharmacist | 12(16.2%) | 62(83.8%) | ||||
Lab technician | 14(27.5%) | 37(72.5%) | ||||
Nurses | 73(20.6%) | 281(79.4%) | ||||
Marital status | 0.041 | |||||
Married | 71(19.2%) | 299(80.8%) | 1.00 | |||
Unmarried | 40(21.1%) | 150(78.9%) | 0.527 | 0.284 | 0.978 | |
Perceived Health status | 0.370 | |||||
Good and Above | 97(20.5%) | 377(79.5%) | ||||
Fair and below | 14(16.3%) | 72(83.7%) | ||||
Presence of comorbidities | 0.851 | |||||
Yes | 26(19.3%) | 109(80.7%) | ||||
No | 85(20%) | 340(80%) | ||||
Type of the hospital | 0.118 | |||||
Private | 90(21.3%) | 332(78.7%) | ||||
Public | 21(15.2%) | 117(84.8%) | ||||
Health Coverage | 0.605 | |||||
Public | 94(19..2%) | 396(80.8%) | ||||
Private | 7(24.1%) | 22(75.9%) | ||||
None | 10(24.4%) | 31(75.9%) | ||||
Years of experience | 0.926 | |||||
< 10 years | 62(19.7%) | 253(80.3%) | ||||
> 10 years | 49(20%) | 196(80%) | ||||
Influenza vaccine uptake in previous season | <0.001 | |||||
No | 100(9.9%) | 280(37.6%) | 1.00 | |||
Yes | 11(6.1%) | 169(93.9%) | 6.812 | 3.045 | 15.239 | |
Knowledge toward influenza vaccination | <0.001 | |||||
Poor Knowledge | 26(66.7%) | 13(33.3%) | 1.00 | |||
Moderate Knowledge | 28(31.1%) | 62(68.9%) | 2.205 | 0.703 | 6.913 | |
Good Knowledge | 57(13.2%) | 374(86.8%) | 3.305 | 1.155 | 9.457 | |
Attitude toward influenza vaccination | 0.065 | |||||
Negative | 30(60%) | 20(40%) | ||||
Neutral | 22(56.4%) | 17(43.6%) | ||||
Positive | 59(12.5%) | 412(87.5%) | ||||
Perceived benefits | <0.001 | |||||
Low | 37(56.1%) | 29(43.9%) | 1.00 | |||
Moderate | 27(29%) | 66(71%) | 3.433 | 1.466 | 8.040 | |
High | 47(11.7%) | 354(88.3%) | 6.264 | 2.919 | 13.442 | |
Perceived barriers | <0.001 | |||||
High | 29(53.7%) | 25(46.3%) | 1.00 | |||
Moderate | 36(31.3%) | 79(68.7%) | 1.808 | 0.783 | 4.177 | |
Low | 46(11.8%) | 345(88.2%) | 4.130 | 1.827 | 9.334 | |