Factors Affecting Medical Students’ Uptake of the 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine

Table 2

Knowledge and attitude of medical students towards the H1N1 pandemic.

	Knowledge questions	Respondents with correct answers, 𝑛 (%)
		Vaccine-offered group; 𝑛=126 (%)	Vaccine-not-offered group; 𝑛=77 (%)	Total; 𝑛=203 (%)
Priority groups receiving H1N1 vaccine	Answered correctly	45 (35.7)	27 (35.1)	72 (35.5)
	Over 65 √ ^a
	Under 16
	Pregnant women √
	Healthcare workers √
	People with chronic health conditions √
Methods of transmission of H1N1 virus	Answered correctly	30 (23.8)	17 (22.1)	47 (23.2)
	Cough/sneezes √
	Eating infected meat
	Direct contact with an infected person √
	Touching contaminated object √
Fatality rate of H1N1	Answered correctly	45 (35.7)	29 (37.7)	74 (36.5)
	0.01%  √
	0.1%
	1%
	10%
	20%
	50%
Attitude		𝑛=126 (%)	𝑛=77 (%)	𝑛=203 (%)
Perception of H1N1 severity	Not severe	59 (46.8)	35 (45.5)	94 (46.3)
	Quite severe/Severe/Very severe	67 (53.2)	42 (54.6)	109 (53.7)

^a√ Indicates the correct answer for the knowledge questions.