Table 1 Demographic features and health care visits with vaccine status
Vaccination up to date (n = 99; 66.4%) | Vaccination not up to date (n = 48; 33.6%) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Visit to conventional health practitioners in previous 12 months | |||
General practitioner | 95 (72.0) | 37 (28.0) | < 0.001 |
Paediatrician | 31 (70.4) | 13 (29.6) | 0.548 |
Community nurse | 33 (71.7) | 14 (28.3) | 0.443 |
Visit to complementary medicine practitioners in previous 12 months | |||
Naturopath/herbalist | 19 (42.2) | 26 (57.8) | < 0.001 |
Nutritionist | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | 0.608 |
Osteopath | 10 (45.5) | 12 (54.5) | 0.018 |
Chiropractor | 14 (51.9) | 13 (48.1) | 0.057 |
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) | 0.009 |
Homoeopath | 1 (5.9) | 16 (94.1) | < 0.001 |
Massage therapist | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 0.791 |
Use of complementary medicine | |||
Herbal medicine | 25 (43.9) | 32 (56.1) | < 0.001 |
Vitamins/minerals | 45 (57.7) | 33 (42.3) | 0.002 |
Essential oils | 19 (43.2) | 25 (56.8) | < 0.001 |
Homoeopathic | 19 (39.6) | 29 (60.4) | < 0.001 |
Demographic features | |||
Gender | 0.713 | ||
Female | 96 (66.2) | 49 (33.8) | |
Male | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | |
Age | 0.138 | ||
18–24 | 0 | 0 | |
25–34 | 32 | 15 | |
35–44 | 57 | 24 | |
45–54 | 10 | 11 | |
55+ | 0 | 0 | |
Area of residence | 0.003 | ||
Urban | 86 (72.7) | 33 (27.73) | |
Rural | 13 (43.3) | 17 (56.7) | |
Highest level of education | 0.010 | ||
Up to year 12 | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | |
Trade/apprenticeship | 9 (39.1) | 14 (60.9) | |
University degree | 83 (71.0) | 34 (29.1) | |
Manage on available income | 0.035 | ||
Difficult all the time | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | |
Difficult sometimes | 27 (60.0) | 18 (40.0) | |
Not too bad | 63 (75.0) | 21 (25.0) | |
Relationship status | 0.006 | ||
Never | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | |
Married/defacto | 95 (70.4) | 40 (29.6) | |
Separated/widowed/divorced | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | |
Private health insurance | 0.002 | ||
None | 20 (45.5) | 24 (54.6) | |
Yes, hospital only | 13 (86.7) | 2 (13.3) | |
Yes, extras only | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | |
Yes, both hospital and extras | 58 (74.4) | 20 (25.6) | |
Health Care Card | 14 (45.2) | 17 (54.9) | 0.005 |