Can primary care physician recommendation improve influenza vaccine uptake among older adults? A community health centre-based experimental study in China

Table 3 Differences in attitudes regarding influenza vaccination among older participants before and after the free influenza vaccination policy implementation in Shenzhen, China

Characteristic	Pre-implementation^cN = 1200	Post-implementation^cN = 958	Diff. (%)
Characteristic	N (%)	N (%)
Attitude towards older adults to take influenza vaccine^a	822(68.5)	801(83.6)	15.1
Attitude towards patients with chronic diseases to have influenza vaccine^b	521(43.4)	599(62.5)	19.1

P values were calculated from Chi-square tests and group comparisons of percentages of all questions were less than 0.05
^a Participants who thought ‘Older adults should have the influenza vaccine’ were considered to show the positive attitude towards influenza vaccination
^b Participants who thought ‘Patients with chronic diseases should have the influenza vaccine’ were considered to show the positive attitude towards influenza vaccination
^c Pre-implementation means prior the city-wide free influenza vaccination for older adults program was implemented. Post-implementation means after the city-wide free influenza vaccination for older adults program was implemented. Shenzhen implemented a city-wide free influenza vaccination for older adults program since October 2016

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