healthcare provider. ⢠To assess awareness and knowledge about invasive meningococcal disease among parents of infants, the New Vaccinations of Infants in.
PARENTAL AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INVASIVE MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE: RESULTS OF A MULTINATIONAL SURVEY C. Rodrigo1, P. Bakhache2, M. Rose3, S. Davie4, A. Ahuja5, B. Sudovar5, T. Crudup6 Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Infectious Disease and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; 2Infovac France Expert, French Association of Ambulatory Paediatrics (AFPA), St Quentin, France; 3 Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; 4Meningitis Trust, Gloucestershire, UK; 5Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA; 6Ipsos Healthcare, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA
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METHOD • The New VIP survey involved 2460 parents who were completely or closely involved with vaccination decisions of ≥1 infant between 0–23 months of age. Parents with multiple children responded with respect to their youngest child. • The 20-minute multisection questionnaire comprised a total of 47 closed-ended questions. Where appropriate, data represent the percentage of parents selecting the top 2 responses combined (i.e., 5 and 6) on 6-point scale ranging from 1=extremely unlikely (strongly disagree) to 6=extremely likely (strongly agree). • Survey findings were generalised with respect to national populations by post-weighting (rim-weighting method) for each country using age and geography. The overall weighting efficiency was 88%. • The maximum margin of error (95% confidence level) for estimates of simple percentages for the combined analysis was ± 2.0% for a sample size of 2460 parents. RESULTS Demographics • The number of parents surveyed in each country and their overall demographics are summarised in Table 1.
Australia
Canada
France
Germany
Spain
Sweden
UK
Total
201
445
402
403
402
203
404
2460
Demographic Characteristics: • Predominately female (71%), mean age 34 years • Mean of 4 people per household and 2 children
