Research Article
Factors Affecting Medical Students’ Uptake of the 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine
Table 1
Characteristics of respondents.
| | Factor | Vaccine offered group,
(%) | Vaccine not offered group,
(%) | Total
(%) |
| | Sex | Male | 34 (27.0) | 20 (26.0) | 54 (26 .6) | | Female | 92 (73.0) | 56 (72.7) | 148 (72.9) | | Missing data | | 1 (1.3) | 1 (0.5) |
| | Age (mean (SD)) | | 21.5 (1.8) | 21.2 (2.4) | 21.4 (2.1) | | Missing data | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | Ethnicity | White | 77 (61.1) | 63 (81.8) | 140 (69.0) | | Asian | 28 (22.2) | 9 (11.7) | 37 (18.2) | | Chinese | 11 (8.7) | 2 (2.6) | 13 (6.4) | | Mixed | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.0) | | Other | 7 (5.6) | 2 (2.6) | 9 (4.4) | | Missing data | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (1.0) |
| | Smoking status | Never smoker | 116 (92.1) | 69 (89.6) | 185 (91.1) | | Ex-smoker | 3 (2.4) | 2 (2.6) | 13 (6.4) | | Smoker | 7 (5.6) | 6 (7.8) | 5 (2.5) |
| | Chronic illness | No | 107 (84.9) | 70 (90.9) | 177 (87.2) | | Yes | 19 (15.1) | 7 (9.1) | 26 (12.8) | | Asthma | 13 (10.3) | 6 a (7.8) | 19a (9.4) | | Other | 6 (4.8) | 4 (5.2) | 9 (4.4) |
| | Year of study | GECb 1 | 0 (0) | 6 (7.8) | 6 (3.0) | | Year 2 | 10 (7.9) | 43 (55.8) | 53 (26.1) | | Year 3 | 83 (65.9) | 10 (13.0) | 93 (45.8) | | Year 4 | 16 (12.7) | 5 (6.5) | 21 (10.3) | | Year 5 | 17 (13.5) | 13 (16.9) | 30 (14.8) |
| | Lives with susceptible individuals | Under 16 | 7 (5.6) | 2 (2.6) | 9 (4.4) | | Pregnant | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (1.0) | | Over 65 | 5 (4.0) | 1 (1.3) | 6 (3.0) | | HCW | 20 (15.9) | 12 (15.6) | 32 (15.8) | | None of the above | 95 (75.4) | 62 (80.5) | 157 (77.3) | | Missing data | 1 (0.8) | | |
| | Seasonal influenza vaccination history | Never | 67 (53.2) | 61 (79.2) | 128 (63.1) | | This year | 35 (27.8) | 5 (6.5) | 40 (19.7) | | Previous years | 23 (18.3) | 8 (10.4) | 31 (15.3) | | Missing data | 1 (0.8) | 3 (3.9) | 4 (2.0) |
| | H1N1 vaccine | Accept/would accept | 62 (49.2) | 49 (63.6) | 111 (54.7) | | Decline | 64 (50.8) | 28 (36.4) | 92 (45.3) |
| | Knows anyone who contracted H1N1 | No | 32 (27.8) | 28 (36.4) | 60 (29.6) | | Yes | 94 (74.6) | 49 (63.6) | 143 (70.4) |
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a3 Respondents had both asthma and other chronic illness.
bGEC stands for Graduate Entry Course.
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