Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of National Guard employees assigned to serve during the 2009 Hajj season and reasons for refusing the H1N1 vaccination.
Reasons for refusal | Refusing n (%) | Sex n (%) | Employee status n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Male n = 100 | Female n = 26 | HCWs n = 42 | Non-HCWs n = 84 |
No adequate safety studies | 27 (21.4%) | 20 (15.9%) | 7 (5.5%) | 2 (1.6%) | 25 (19.8%) |
Contains toxic preservatives | 29 (23.0%) | 21 (17.0%) | 8 (06%) | 3 (2.4%) | 26 (20.6%) |
Different from western vaccine | 25 (19.9%) | 18 (14.4%) | 7 (5.5%) | 1 (0.9%) | 24 (19.0%) |
Misleading media information | 26 (20.6%) | 23 (18.3%) | 3 (2.3%) | 12 (09.5%) | 14 (11.1%) |
Swine flu not a fatal disease | 32 (25.4%) | 25 (19.9%) | 7 (5.5%) | 7 (5.5%) | 25 (19.9%) |
This is not an environment for H1N1 | 31 (24.6%) | 25 (19.9%) | 6 (4.7%) | 9 (7.1%) | 22 (17.5%) |
Frequent hand washing | 126 (100%) | 100 (79.4%) | 26 (20.6%) | 36 (28.6%) | 90 (71.4%) |
Wearing a mask | 63 (50.0%) | 48 (38.1%) | 15 (11.9%) | 13 (10.3%) | 50 (39.7%) |
Eating honey | 19 (15.8%) | 14 (11.2%) | 05 (04.6%) | 7 (05.5%) | 12 (10.3%) |
Eating citrus | 25 (19.8%) | 21 (16.7%) | 4 (03.2%) | 6 (04.7%) | 19 (15.1%) |