The characteristics of respondents who were willing to accept influenza A (H1N1) vaccination and with those who were not willing to accept influenza A (H1N1) influenza vaccination were compared by χ2 test and were presented Table 1 . Nurses who were willing to receive influenza A (H1N1) vaccine were different from nurses who were not willing to receive influenza A (H1N1) vaccine with respect to "being vaccinated against seasonal influenza vaccination in the previous 12 months". There were no statistical significant differences in other characteristics as analyzed by chi-square test.