OBJECTIVE: To examine patterns of knowledge and attitudes among adults aged > 65 years unvaccinated for influenza. METHODS: Surveyed Medicare beneficiaries in 5 areas; clustered unvaccinated seniors by their immunization related knowledge and attitudes. RESULTS: Identified 4 clusters: Potentials (45%) would receive influenza vaccine to prevent disease; Fearful Uninformeds (9%) were unsure if influenza vaccine causes illness; Doubters (27%) were unsure if vaccine is efficacious; Misinformeds (19%) believed influenza vaccine causes illness. More Potentials (75%) and Misinformeds (70%) ever received influenza vaccine than did Fearful Uninformeds (18%) and Doubters (29%). CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that cluster analyses may be useful in identifying groups for targeted health messages.
OBJECTIVE: To examine patterns of knowledge and attitudes among adults aged > 65 years unvaccinated for influenza. METHODS: Surveyed Medicare beneficiaries in 5 areas; clustered unvaccinated seniors by their immunization related knowledge and attitudes. RESULTS: Identified 4 clusters: Potentials (45%) would receive influenza vaccine to prevent disease; Fearful Uninformeds (9%) were unsure if influenza vaccine causes illness; Doubters (27%) were unsure if vaccine is efficacious; Misinformeds (19%) believed influenza vaccine causes illness. More Potentials (75%) and Misinformeds (70%) ever received influenza vaccine than did Fearful Uninformeds (18%) and Doubters (29%). CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that cluster analyses may be useful in identifying groups for targeted health messages.
Authors: Jason M Nagata; Isabel Hernández-Ramos; Anand Sivasankara Kurup; Daniel Albrecht; Claudia Vivas-Torrealba; Carlos Franco-Paredes Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2013-04-25 Impact factor: 3.295
Authors: D M MacDougall; B A Halperin; D MacKinnon-Cameron; Li Li; S A McNeil; J M Langley; S A Halperin Journal: BMJ Open Date: 2015-09-29 Impact factor: 2.692