Physicians’ recommendations to their patients concerning a novel pandemic vaccine: a cross-sectional survey of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Japan

Table 2 Physicians’ attitudes regarding the novel vaccine against the 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1

	Intention to recommend vaccine to patients			Intention to receive vaccine
	Intend (n = 177)	Do not intend (n = 334)	P*	Intend (n = 453)	Do not intend (n = 60)	P*
Sex
Men	168	309	0.334	427*	52*	0.02
Women	8	23		23*	8*
Age, years
20–39	5	13	0.411	16	2	0.751
40–59	100	204		271	33
≥60	73	117		166	25
Department/specialty
Internal medicine	131	235	0.595	323	44	0.775
Surgery	30	69		87	12
Other	16	30		43	4
No. of patients seen per day
<50	51	126	0.04	149	28	0.041
≥50	126	204		301	31
No. of A/H1N1 patient contacts by time of survey
0	2	25	0.009	25	2	0.136
1–20	140	246		347	41
>20	35	63		81	17
Seasonal influenza vaccination
Every year/almost every year	168	303	0.119	433*	39	<0.001
Rarely/never	9	31		20	21
Knowledge of the 1976 US Guillain–Barré syndrome cases
Yes	89	189	0.192	198	37	0.013
No	88	145		255	23
Intention to receive vaccination
Intend	172	280	<0.001	–	–	–
Do not intend	5	54		–	–	–

* Differences between “Intend” and “Do not intend” in each group significant at P < 0.05 (χ ² test)

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