Obstetrical Healthcare Personnel's Attitudes and Perceptions on Maternal Vaccination with Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis and Influenza
Table 3
Perceived barriers to vaccination with Tdap and influenza vaccine among obstetricians and nurses.
Perceived barriers to vaccination
Frequency in proportion2 (%)
Obstetricians
Nurses
Patient refusal to vaccinate against pertussis
29/31 (94%)
106/110 (96%)
Reimbursement by insurance for Tdap
25/30 (83%)
97/107 (91%)
Cost of Tdap vaccine
24/31 (77%)
83/105 (79%)
Practice does not offer/stock Tdap vaccine
23/30 (77%)
94/107 (88%)
Uncomfortable in providing education, Tdap
16/30 (53%)
74/107 (69%)
Patient refusal to vaccinate against influenza
28/31 (90%)
107/111 (96%)
Reimbursement by insurance for influenza vaccine
25/30 (83%)
99/110 (90%)
Uncomfortable in providing education, influenza
23/30 (77%)
74/109 (68%)
Cost of influenza vaccine
23/31 (74%)
83/110 (75%)
Patient has more urgent health problems
24/31 (77%)
85/109 (78%)
Practice does not offer/stock influenza vaccine
19/30 (63%)
87/108 (81%)
Time constraints
22/31 (71%)
75/109 (69%)
Storage difficulty
21/31 (68%)
60/108 (56%)
Frequent change in immunization recommendations
19/31 (61%)
82/108 (76%)
Lack of personnel
17/31 (55%)
62/110 (56%)
Concerns regarding liability1
16/31 (52%)
92/109 (84%)
, obstetricians versus nurses (Chi-squared test).
2Not all questions were answered by the entire group. Denominator shown represents number of responses per question in that group.
