Investigation of awareness and vaccination willingness for recombinant zoster vaccine among 50 years adults in Wuzhong District,Suzhou
Objective To investigate the awareness and vaccination willingness rates of recombi-nant zoster vaccine(RZV)and the influencing factors among adults aged ≥ 50 years in Wuzhong District,Suzhou City.Methods Residents aged 50 years in Changqiao Sub-district of Wuzhong District were exported from Jiangsu Province vaccination integrated service management information system.According to the proportion of 1/15 of age stratification(50-<60,60-<70,70 and above),1 267 people were randomly selected as the survey sample to participate in the telephone questionnaire survey in August 2022.The awareness and vaccination willingness rates of RZV were calculated,and the influencing factors were analyzed by logistic regression model.Results Among 1 147 respondents,516(45.0%)were males,and the 60-69 age group accounted for the largest proportion(40.2%).The rates of awareness and vaccination willingness of RZV were 41.33%(n=474)and 28.95%(n=332),respectively.The results of multivariate logistic regression showed that age,occupation,marital status,history of herpes zoster in family members and relatives and friends were associated with the awareness of RZV0.Females(OR=1.683,95%CI:1.234-2.296),participants having family members(OR=1.778,95%CI:1.175-2.690)and close friends being medical workers(OR=1.956,95%CI:1.115-3.434),history of HZ(OR=1.944,95%CI:1.366-2.767),and having family members with history of HZ(OR=2.337,95%CI:1.698-3.218),history of trivalent or quadrivalent influenza vaccine(split virion),in-activated(influenza vaccine for short)(OR=2.549,95%CI:1.813-3.582),and awareness of RZV(OR=4.431,95%CI:3.235-6.069)were willing to get RZV(all P<0.05).Conclusions The rates of awareness and vaccination willingness of RZV are low.Female,having medical workers in family mem-bers and close friends,HZ history among participants and family members are promoting factors for RZV vaccination willingness.