Factors Associated with the Uptake of Influenza Vaccination among Elderly in Taiwan-Analysis of the 2009 National Health Interview Survey

Shih-Chun Lin ； Kun-Wei Tsai ； Malcolm Koo

《台灣老年醫學暨老年學雜誌》 9卷2期 (2014/05) Pp. 13-13(2)

並列摘要

Objective: To investigate the factors associated with the uptake of influenza vaccination among elderly in Taiwan Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the data from the Taiwan 2009 National Health Interview Survey. Individuals aged 65 years and above without cognitive impairment were included in the analyses. Logistic regression analyses were conducted using the variable whether the respondent had received influenza vaccination in the past year as the independent variable. Results: Of the 2603 respondents, 1405 (54.0%) had received influenza vaccination in the past year. Results from the multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated 10 factors were significantly associated with the uptake of influenza vaccination. The factors included age of 75 years or above (odds ratio [OR]=1.71, p＜0.001), living with a spouse (OR=1.34, p＜0.001), had diagnosed with at least one chronic disease (OR=1.34, p=0.001), had made outpatient visits in the past month (OR=1.39, p＜0.001), had done exercise in the past two weeks (OR=1.33, p=0.001), not a current smoker (OR=1.69, p＜0.001), living in rural townships (OR=1.42, p＜0.001), no religious beliefs (OR=1.29, p=0.023), awareness of the free annual senior health examination service (OR=1.55, p＜0.001), and had participated in community activities (OR=1.42, p=0.001). Conclusion: This secondary data analysis of a representative sample of Taiwan population demonstrated that a number of factors were significantly and independently associated with the update of influenza vaccination in elderly Taiwanese. Our findings could be served as a basis for planning public health intervention to target resources to those groups with a low uptake of influenza vaccination.