Objective To investigate the prevalence of hepatitis B (HB) vaccination, causes of without the vaccination and their influencing factors among 15 – 59 years old residents in Xiangyang and Xiaogan city of Hubei province, and to provide evidences for developing strategies on HB prevention and control in the population.
Methods Using a self-designed questionnaire, we conducted a voluntary survey among 1 398 permanent residents aged 15 – 59 years recruited with multistage random sampling in urban and rural regions of Xiangyang and Xiaogan city during March – November, 2020. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the data collected.
Results Of all the participants, 65.38% (914) reported having HB vaccination and 37.7% (527) reported full-does HB vaccination. Among the participants never having HB vaccination, 308 (63.64%) reported the willingness to have the vaccination; while, the main reason for being unwilling to have the vaccination was considering that the vaccination is unnecessary due to self-perceived good health. Multivariate logistic analysis indicated that occupation, education, monthly income, and whether with HB patients around were significant influential factors of HB vaccination.
Conclusion For adult residents in Xiangyang and Xiaogan city, being a farmer, with lower education and having high income are risk factors for without HB vaccination and the residents with HB patients around could pay attention to HB vaccination.
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