Table 4 Demographic characteristics, awareness, and attitudes of OBGYNa doctors associated with recommendations of maternal influenza vaccination
Characteristics | Routine recommendation group (n = 287) | Passive recommendation group (n = 86) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 47.51 ± 9.4 | 45.76 ± 12.52 | 0.231 |
Female (n, %) | 154 (53.7) | 54 (62.8) | 0.135 |
Private clinic/hospital (n, %) | 263 (91.6) | 54 (62.8) | < 0.001 |
Metropolitan area (n, %) | 231 (80.5) | 71 (82.6) | 0.668 |
Provided maternity care within the last 5 years (n, %) | 259 (90.2) | 68 (79.1) | 0.006 |
Received influenza vaccination in the previous year (n, %) | 272 (94.8) | 71 (82.6) | < 0.001 |
Awareness of safety, importance, and priority groups of vaccination before, during, and after delivery, recommended by KCDCb guidelines (n, %) | 278 (96.9) | 68 (79.1) | < 0.001 |
Do you provide information about influenza vaccine to pregnant women? | < 0.001 | ||
Always (n, %) Sometimes (n, %) No (n, %) | 276 (96.2) 11 (3.8) 0 (0) | 8 (9.3) 61 (70.9) 17 (19.8) | |
Appropriate time for influenza vaccination related to pregnancyc (n, %) All trimesters, pre-pregnancy, and postpartum 2nd and 3rd trimesters, pre-pregnancy, and postpartum 2nd and 3rd trimesters and postpartum | 158 (70.2%) 61 (27.1%) 6 (2.7%) | 33 (49.3%) 26 (38.8%) 8 (11.9%) | 0.001 |
Awareness about 2019 pregnant women free vaccination (n, %) | 268 (93.4) | 51 (59.3) | < 0.001 |