Research Article

Obstetrical Healthcare Personnel's Attitudes and Perceptions on Maternal Vaccination with Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis and Influenza

Table 1

Characteristics of surveyed obstetricians and nurses to determine knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers to vaccination of pregnant and/or postpartum women1.

ObstetriciansNurses

Duration of practice after training
 <5 years14/33 (42%)34/130 (26%)
 5–≤107/33 (21%)32/130 (25%)
 >10–≤204/33 (12%)30/130 (23%)
 >208/33 (24%)34/130 (26%)
Employment setting
 Solo4/30 (13%)0/130 (0%)
 Hospital based18/30 (60%)129/130 (99%)
 Group practice8/30 (26%)1/130 (0.8%)
Number of pregnant women seen per week
 <5 3/32 (9%)41/130 (32%)
 5–≤10 5/32 (15%)20/130 (15%)
 >10–≤206/32 (19%)41/130 (31%)
 >20–≥50 12/32 (37%)15/130 (11%)
 >50 6/32 (19%)13/130 (10%)

Not all questions were answered by the entire group. Denominator shown represents number of responses per question in that group.