Parents having consulted another doctor about vaccination
| All parents (N=1390) | By PACV score | P value | |||||
| Non-VH parents (N=889) | VH parents (N=501) | ||||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||
| Consulted another doctor | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1012 | (73) | 712 | (80) | 300 | (60) | |
| Yes | 369 | (27) | 173 | (19) | 196 | (39) | |
| Missing | 9 | (1) | 4 | (0) | 5 | (1) | |
| Reason for consultation | <0.001 | ||||||
| Second opinion or disagreement | 125 | (9) | 38 | (4) | 87 | (17) | |
| Moved or stopped working | 111 | (8) | 68 | (8) | 43 | (9) | |
| Other | 130 | (9) | 64 | (7) | 66 | (13) | |
| Missing | 3 | (0) | 3 | (0) | 0 | (0) | |
| Parents with a biomedical primary doctor | Total sample (N=893) | By PACV score | |||||
| Non-VH parents (N=705) | VH parents (N=188) | ||||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | P value | ||||
| Consulted another doctor | 0.002 | ||||||
| No | 703 | (79) | 572 | (81) | 131 | (70) | |
| Yes | 183 | (20) | 129 | (18) | 54 | (29) | |
| Missing | 7 | (1) | 4 | (1) | 3 | (2) | |
| Reason for consultation | 0.134 | ||||||
| Second opinion or disagreement | 46 | (5) | 27 | (4) | 19 | (10) | |
| Moved or stopped working | 71 | (8) | 55 | (8) | 16 | (9) | |
| Other | 64 | (7) | 45 | (6) | 19 | (10) | |
| Missing | 2 | (0) | 2 | (0) | 0 | (0) | |
| Parents with a CAM primary doctor | Total sample (N=490) | By PACV score | |||||
| Non-VH parents (N=183) | VH parents (N=307) | ||||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | P value | ||||
| Consulted another doctor | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 308 | (63) | 140 | (77) | 168 | (55) | |
| Yes | 180 | (37) | 43 | (23) | 137 | (45) | |
| Missing | 2 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (1) | |
| Reason for consultation | 0.014 | ||||||
| Second opinion or disagreement | 75 | (15) | 10 | (5) | 65 | (21) | |
| Moved or stopped working | 40 | (8) | 13 | (7) | 27 | (9) | |
| Other | 64 | (13) | 19 | (10) | 45 | (15) | |
| Missing | 1 | (0) | 1 | (1) | 0 | (0) | |
| All parents having consulted another doctor before | Total sample (N=369) | By PACV score | |||||
| Non-VH parents (N=173) | VH parents (N=196) | ||||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | P value | ||||
| Satisfied with other doctor* | 224 | (61) | 142 | (82) | 82 | (42) | <0.001 |
| Trust other doctor† | 254 | (69) | 146 | (84) | 108 | (55) | <0.001 |
Pearson’s χ2 tests were used for statistical analysis.
*Satisfied or very satisfied.
†Somewhat or completely.
CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; PACV, Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccine; VH, vaccine hesitant.