Willingness to influenza and pneumonia vaccination and its influence factors in community COPD patients

Objective To investigate influence factors for willingness to influenza and pneumonia vaccination in COPD patients, thus providing a reference for relevant health education and vaccination promotion. Methods A total of 629 COPD patients aged 60-74 were selected as subjects from 3 districts in Ningbo City of Zhejiang Province. Questionnaire involving personal information, occupation, income, behavior and willingness to vaccination were used for the survey through October to November in 2013. Multivariate unconditional logistic regression was used to analyze the influence factors in vaccination willingness. Results Influenza and pneumonia vaccination rate was found to be 10.49%, and there were 36.88% of the subjects who voluntarily vaccinated against influenza and pneumonia in community hospital. Factors as high income, vaccination within 5 years contributed to higher vaccination willingness; and older age, misgivings about adverse reaction of vaccination were factors affecting the willingness to vaccination. Conclusion Extensive health education for adult vaccination should be further developed. For the older, COPD patients and other special population, influenza and pneumonia vaccination should be offered free of charge by government, so as to raise the vaccination rate.