Attitudes and Beliefs of Study Participants According to Study Group at the Pretest and Posttest
Treatment Group | Vaccines Are Safe, % (95% CI) | I Am Confident in the Safety of Routinely Recommended Vaccines, % (95% CI) | Multiple Vaccines at Once Do not Overload the Immune System, % (95% CI) | If I Vaccinate My Child, He or She Will Probably not Have a Serious Adverse Effect, % (95% CI) | Vaccines Are Necessary to Prevent Certain Diseases, % (95% CI) |
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Prenatal | |||||
At screening | 77 (66–86) | 73 (62–83)a | 62 (50–72)a | 46 (35–58) | 92 (84–97) |
After intervention | 94 (86–98) | 92 (84–97)a | 90 (82–95)a | 45 (34–57) | 99 (93–100) |
1 wk | |||||
At screening | 80 (69–88)a | 73 (62–83)a | 50 (38–60)a | 21 (13–32)a | 97 (91–100) |
After intervention | 97 (91–100)a | 99 (93–100)a | 80 (69–88)a | 52 (40–64)a | 93 (85–98) |
2 mo | |||||
At screening | 89 (78–95) | 85 (74–93) | 56 (42–68)a | 23 (13–36) | 93 (84–98) |
After intervention | 95 (86–99) | 92 (82–97) | 82 (70–91)a | 34 (23–48) | 93 (84–98) |
The all-time-points group was analyzed separately. Results: Vaccines are safe, at screening = 98% (90–100), after intervention = 98% (95% CI: 90–100); I am confident in the safety of routinely recommended vaccines: at screening = 96% (95% CI: 87–100), after intervention = 96% (95% CI: 87–100); Multiple vaccines at once do not overload the immune system: at screening = 96% (95% CI: 87–100), after intervention = 100% (95–100); If I vaccinated my child, he/she will probably not have a serious side effect: at screening = 38% (95% CI: 25–52), after intervention = 49% (95% CI: 35–63); and Vaccines are necessary to prevent certain diseases: at screening = 98% (95% CI: 90–100), after intervention = 98% (95% CI: 90–100). CI indicates confidence interval.
↵a Statistically significant.