世論 What Japan Thinks

And small pricks were hated by three in four Japanese women, according to this survey from iShare on injections, a perhaps disappointingly entitled topic, but predictably disappointing given my prediliction for such spicy headlines.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 11th of November 2009 538 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.2% of the sample were male, 32.9% in their twenties, 29.7% in their thirties, and 37.4% in their forties.

I hate injections, and look away, pull a face and clench my fist whenever I need to give a blood sample or whatever. It’s not the pain (although that’s not much fun), just the idea of the whole thing. Now I think about it, I don’t have a problem getting an injection at the dentist, probably because all the rest of the implements scare me so a wee bit of anesthesia can only help.

Research results

Q1: Have you ever had an injection at hospital? (Sample size=538)

	All	Male N=286	Female N=252
Yes (to SQ1)	91.8%	88.5%	95.6%
No	8.2%	11.5%	4.4%

Q1SQ1: Do you like getting injections? (Sample size=494)

	All	Male N=253	Female N=241
Love it	2.4%	2.0%	2.9%
Like it	14.0%	11.5%	16.6%
Dislike it (to SQ2 onwards)	64.0%	71.9%	55.6%
Hate it (to SQ2 onwards)	19.6%	14.6%	24.9%

Q1SQ2: For what reason do you most dislike getting injections? (Sample size=413)

	All	Male N=219	Female N=194
Hurts when I get pricked	50.6%	52.1%	49.0%
Don’t like getting penetrated	30.3%	26.9%	34.0%
Don’t like the sight of blood	8.2%	10.5%	5.7%
Just don’t like needles	5.8%	5.0%	6.7%
Other	5.1%	5.5%	4.6%

Q1SQ3: When you need to get an injection, what do you most often do to get through it? (Sample size=413)

	All	Male N=219	Female N=194
Turn my face away	41.2%	33.3%	50.0%
Try not to think about anything	37.0%	46.1%	26.8%
Fix my gaze at the moment of injection	14.0%	13.2%	14.9%
Think “It doesn’t hurt. It doesn’t hurt…”	2.2%	2.3%	2.1%
Other	4.6%	4.6%	4.6%
Can’t bear it and avoid the injection	1.0%	0.5%	1.5%

Q1SQ4: Would you like to get over your fear of injections? (Sample size=413)

	All	Male N=219	Female N=194
Definitely	2.2%	2.3%	2.1%
Perhaps	19.9%	16.0%	24.2%
Perhaps not	48.9%	48.9%	49.0%
Not at all	29.1%	32.9%	24.7%