Table 2 Subgroup analysis between GPs practising in regions with high and low vaccination rates
Category | Items | Mean Highb | Mean Lowc | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPs’ attitudes | How do you assess your attitude towards vaccinations in general?a | 4.83 | 4.70 | 0.004 | |||
How do you assess your attitude towards influenza vaccination?a | 4.66 | 4.37 | 0.001 | ||||
Agree% (N) | Neutral% (N) | Disagree% (N) | p-value | ||||
The influenza vaccination only benefits the pharmaceutical industry. | High | 0.4 (1) | 8.9 (21) | 90.6 (213) | 0.002 | ||
Low | 2.4 (5) | 18.4 (38) | 79.1 (163) | ||||
GPs’behaviour | Yes% (N) | Maybe% (N) | No% (N) | p-value | |||
Will you get vaccinated against influenza next season? | High | 87.6 (205) | 7.7 (18) | 4.7 (11) | 0.024 | ||
Low | 77.9 (162) | 13.0 (27) | 9.1 (19) | ||||
Yes% (N) | No% (N) | p-value | |||||
Is your personal vaccination status complete? | High | 96.6 (226) | 3.4 (8) | 0.020 | |||
Low | 91.3 (190) | 8.7 (18) | |||||
I have never been vaccinated against influenza. | High | 1.7 (4) | 98.3 (227) | 0.001 | |||
Low | 8.8 (18) | 91.2 (187) | |||||
Do you recommend the influenza vaccination to your employees? | High | 98.7 (231) | 1.3 (3) | < 0.001 | |||
Low | 91.2 (187) | 8.8 (18) | |||||
Yes% (N) | Partly/partly% (N) | No% (N) | p-value | ||||
External influences | I perceive financial reimbursement from vaccinations as adequate. | High | 34.5 (79) | 45.9 (105) | 19.7 (45) | 0.014 | |
Low | 28.4 (58) | 39.7 (81) | 31.9 (65) | ||||
Increasing% (N) | No influence% (N) | Decreasing (N) | p-value | ||||
Influence of vaccine shortage on GP’s own vaccination rates | High | 7.5 (17) | 59.2 (135) | 33.3 (76) | 0.008 | ||
Low | 4.0 (8) | 48.5 (97) | 47.5 (95) | ||||
Influence of year-dependent changing effectiveness of the influenza vaccine on GP’s own vaccination rates | High | 6.6 (15) | 81.9 (185) | 11.5 (26) | 0.003 | ||
Low | 4.6 (9) | 71.3 (139) | 24.1 (47) | ||||
Influence of reminder system use on GP’s own vaccination rates | High | 44.6 (87) | 54.9 (107) | 0.5 (1) | 0.027 | ||
Low | 31.3 (55) | 67.6 (119) | 1.1 (2) | ||||
Yes% (N) | No% (N) | p-value | |||||
I renounce a vaccination recommendation to (part of) my patients due to missing financial incentives. | High | 1.7 (4) | 98.3 (227) | 0.040 | |||
Low | 5.3 (11) | 94.7 (196) | |||||
Patients reject a recommended vaccination on the ground that another physician has already vaccinated them. | High | 52.6 (123) | 47.4 (111) | < 0.001 | |||
Low | 30.6 (63) | 69.4 (143) | |||||
My GP had a big influence on my first influenza vaccination. | High | 12.7 (29) | 87.3 (200) | 0.016 | |||
Low | 21.4 (42) | 78.6 (154) | |||||
Information resources | I gather information on vaccinations through medical colleagues. | High | 26.4 (62) | 73.6 (173) | 0.008 | ||
Low | 15.9 (33) | 84.1 (174) | |||||
I gather information on vaccinations through scientific sales representatives. | High | 51.1 (120) | 48.9 (115) | 0.021 | |||
Low | 40.1 (83) | 59.9 (124) | |||||
I gather information on vaccinations through continuing medical education/congresses. | High | 85.1 (200) | 14.9 (35) | 0.014 | |||
Low | 75.8 (157) | 24.2 (50) | |||||
I gather information on vaccinations through public media (radio, TV, websites without review). | High | 3.0 (7) | 97.0 (228) | 0.025 | |||
Low | 7.7 (16) | 92.3 (191) | |||||
Yes% (N) | Partly/partly% (N) | No% (N) | p-value | ||||
Employees’ vaccination status | Were your employees vaccinated against influenza past season? | High | 47.2 (119) | 48.1 (112) | 4.7 (11) | 0.007 | |
Low | 38.8 (80) | 48.5 (100) | 12.6 (26) | ||||
Have your employees been vaccinated against influenza in the past five years? | High | 38.8 (90) | 57.8 (134) | 3.4 (8) | 0.014 | ||
Low | 31.5 (64) | 58.6 (119) | 9.9 (20) | ||||