Background
Methods
Recruitment of participants
Data collection
Data analysis
Results
Vaccine status | Total | ||||
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Vaccinated | Not vaccinated | ||||
Characteristics of participants | n | % | n | % | n (%) |
Total | 468 | 82.4 | 100 | 17.6 | 100.0 |
Age | |||||
< 30 years old | 184 | 39.3 | 38 | 38.0 | 39.1 |
≥ 30 years old | 284 | 60.7 | 62 | 62.0 | 60.9 |
Country of birth** | |||||
Canada | 364 | 77.8 | 60 | 60.0 | 74.7 |
Outside Canada | 90 | 19.2 | 35 | 35.0 | 22.0 |
Unknown | 14 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.4 |
First language** | |||||
French | 399 | 85.3 | 71 | 71.0 | 82.8 |
English | 17 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
Other | 52 | 11.1 | 27 | 27.0 | 13.9 |
Level of education | |||||
High school or less | 83 | 17.7 | 25 | 25.0 | 19.0 |
College | 99 | 21.2 | 16 | 16.0 | 20.3 |
University | 285 | 60.9 | 59 | 59.0 | 60.6 |
Other | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Marital status | |||||
Prefer not to answer | 3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Single/Divorced | 36 | 7.7 | 8 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
Married / Common-law partner | 429 | 91.7 | 91 | 91.0 | 91.6 |
Other | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
N of pregnancies | |||||
1 | 231 | 49.4 | 43 | 43.0 | 48.2 |
2 | 166 | 35.5 | 36 | 36.0 | 35.6 |
≥ 3 | 71 | 15.2 | 21 | 21.0 | 16.2 |
Health care professional following pregnancy | |||||
N/A | 6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
Family physician or general practitioner | 143 | 30.6 | 23 | 23.0 | 29.2 |
Gynecologist/ Obstetrician | 298 | 63.7 | 73 | 73.0 | 65.3 |
Midwife | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
Other | 21 | 1.5 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.4 |
Vaccination sites | |||||
University Hospital | 125 | 26.7 | 54 | 54.0 | 31.5 |
Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic | 127 | 27.1 | 7 | 7.0 | 23.6 |
Family medicine group | 96 | 20.5 | 12 | 12.0 | 19.0 |
Local community service centre | 120 | 25.6 | 27 | 27.0 | 25.9 |
Determinants of participants’ intention to receive the Tdap vaccine during pregnancy
Determinants of participants’ receipt of the Tdap vaccine during pregnancy
Intention to get the Tdap vaccine during pregnancy | Total (%) | ||||
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Yes | No | 100% | |||
n = 408 | % | n = 60 | % | ||
Having received a recommendation from a health care provider | 341 | 83.6 | 52 | 86.7 | 84.0 |
Views that vaccine against Tdap is useful to protect my baby’s healtha | 305 | 74.8 | 34 | 56.7 | 72.4 |
Having had the opportunity to be vaccinated during a routine appointment | 175 | 42.9 | 25 | 41.7 | 42.7 |
Ease to make an appointment to take the Tdap vaccine during pregnancya | 127 | 31.1 | 10 | 16.7 | 29.3 |
Having received a recommendation from someone in my network** | 23 | 5.6 | 10 | 16.7 | 7.1 |
Other reasons | 13 | 3.2 | 4 | 6.7 | 3.6 |
Intention to take the Tdap vaccine during pregnancy | Total (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | |||
n = 27 | % | n = 73 | % | 100% | |
Not knowing that a Tdap vaccine was given during pregnancy | 2 | 7.4 | 5 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
Giving birth to a premature baby before having the chance to take the vaccine | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
Thinking that the Tdap vaccine is not useful for the baby’s health* | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 15.1 | 11.0 |
Thinking it is not important to get the Tdap vaccine during pregnancy* | 1 | 3.7 | 17 | 23.3 | 18.0 |
Fear of Tdap vaccination during pregnancy* | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 32.9 | 24.0 |
Difficulty to make an appointment for the Tdap vaccine during pregnancy | 5 | 18.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 9.0 |
Complicated to have the vaccine | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
My family, friends or spouse did not approve of me taking the vaccine | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 9.6 | 7.0 |
Other reasons* | 16 | 59.3 | 18 | 24.7 | 34.0 |
OR | 95%CI | p Value | |||
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Vaccination recommendation by a healthcare provider | 7.26 | 3.25 | 16.26 | <.0001 | |
Intention to be vaccinated against Tdap during pregnancy | 6.12 | 3.16 | 11.87 | <.0001 | |
Subjective norm (i.e., perceived support for vaccination by significant others) | 3.81 | 1.90 | 7.61 | 0.0002 | |
Recruitment site | FMG | 3.61 | 1.47 | 8.86 | 0.0051 |
Obstetric clinic | 2.97 | 1.12 | 7.89 | 0.0288 | |
Perceived behavioural control (i.e., perceived ease of being vaccinated in pregnancy) | 2.32 | 1.23 | 4.37 | 0.0091 | |
Anticipated regret (i.e., anticipated feeling of sorrow if something negative happens while unvaccinated) | 2.13 | 1.13 | 4.00 | 0.0191 |