Attitudes and knowledge regarding influenza vaccination among hospital health workers caring for women and children

Esposito, Susanna; Tremolati, Elena; Bellasio, Marta; Chiarelli, G.; Marchisio, Paola; Tiso, B; Mosca, Fabio; Pardi, Giorgio; Principi, Nicola

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.05.011

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“…Low vaccination coverage among HCWs has been observed not only in Germany but also in several other European and non-European countries [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. assessed by Blank et al was similar to that found in our study [20], vaccination coverage in the target groups diverged significantly from our findings.…”

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confidence: 86%

Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Germany 2007/2008 and 2008/2009: Results from a national health update survey

Böhmer

Walter

Müters

et al. 2011

Vaccine

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Germany 2007/2008 and 2008/2009: Results from a national health update survey

Böhmer

Walter

Müters

et al. 2011

Vaccine

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“…There are very few studies concerning the vaccination rates among children with chronic illnesses and they reveal that the rates are lower than desired, this being the case especially in influenza (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). The rate of influenza vaccination is 21-61% in Italy and 41% in Spain (9,16,17). The rates are higher in Great Britain, still being at about 75% (18).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the USA, Daley et al (13) showed that the reason for missing the influenza vaccine was "not to be recommended" in 1/3 of the cases. In Italy, it was demonstrated that the recommendation rate among the high-risk groups was as high as 89% in patients with chronic pulmonary illnesses but was as low as 22% in those with metabolic illnesses like diabetes (16). Besides, it is revealed that, in a reference clinic for diabetes, the pediatricians recommend the influenza vaccine only to those with poor metabolic control because they feel that it is not indicated in those with better metabolic control (9).…”

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The Rate of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Diabetic Children, the Effect of Recommendation and the Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Recommendation: An Interventional Study

Çamurdan¹,

Çamurdan²,

Beyazova³

et al. 2012

Balkan Med J

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Objective: To investigate the vaccination rate of influenza in diabetic children and the effect of recommendation and other factors on vaccination rate.Material and Methods: On July 2011, 144 diabetic children and their families were informed about and were recommended to receive the influenza vaccine every year, in September. On December 2011, parents were questioned about the vaccination.Results: Influenza vaccination rate of the previous season (28.3%) increased to 50.0% (p<0.05). Receiving the vaccine in 2010 was the only contributing factor to the recommendation success. The reasons given by the non-receivers were; forgetting (50.0%), fear of adverse-effects (26.4%), not believing in usefulness (15.2%), rejection by the child (4.2%) and effects of media (4.2%). 88.9% of those who forgot declared that they would receive if they were reminded at the beginning of the season. Conclusion:The rate of influenza vaccination was low. The majority of those who didn't recieve the vaccination declared that they would if they were reminded at the beginning of the season and the fact that "receiving the vaccine in 2010" was the only factor influencing the recommendation success indicate that recommending isn't enough but that reminding and giving detailed information about the vaccine will increase vaccination rates independent of other factors.

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“…Previous studies have also documented differences in the level of knowledge about the effectiveness of the vaccine 16 and the recognition of the seriousness of influenza 29 between nurses and physicians. In these previous studies, as with ours, nurses had lower uptake rates for the influenza vaccine 16 , 29 . Nurses are also less likely (compared with physicians) to ‘convert’ from non‐vaccine recipients to vaccine recipients and may require more intensive interventions 30 …”

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Attitudes amongst Australian hospital healthcare workers towards seasonal influenza and vaccination

Seale

Leask

MacIntyre

2009

Influenza Resp Viruses

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Background Amongst healthcare workers (HCWs), compliance rates with influenza vaccination are traditionally low. Although a safe and effective vaccine is available, there is little Australian data on reasons for poor compliance, especially amongst allied health and ancillary support staff. Methods Cross‐sectional investigation of a sample of clinical and non‐clinical HCWs from two tertiary‐referral teaching hospitals in Sydney, Australia was conducted between June 4 and October 19, 2007. The self‐administered questionnaire was distributed to hospital personal from 40 different wards and departments. The main outcome measures were personal beliefs about influenza vaccination and self‐reported vaccination status. Results Respondents (n = 1079) were categorized into four main groups by occupation: nurses (47·5%, 512/1079), physicians (26·0%, 281/1079), allied health (15·3%, 165/1079) and ancillary (11·2%, 121/1079). When asked whether they felt the influenza vaccine was safe or effective, 81% (879/1079) and 68% (733/1079), respectively, replied in the affirmative. Participants felt that it was more important to get vaccinated to protect patients (74%, 796/1079) than family (68%, 730/1079) or self‐protection (66%, 712/1079). However, only 22% (241/1079) of the HCWs who replied reported receiving the vaccine the year the survey was conducted. Conclusions Although HCWs had an adequate level of knowledge towards influenza vaccination, only 22% of them were vaccinated. The approach to improving influenza vaccination rates amongst HCWs and to tackling misconceptions must be multifaceted, adaptable and must evolve regularly to increase coverage.

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Attitudes and knowledge regarding influenza vaccination among hospital health workers caring for women and children

Cited by 69 publications

References 33 publications

Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Germany 2007/2008 and 2008/2009: Results from a national health update survey

Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Germany 2007/2008 and 2008/2009: Results from a national health update survey

The Rate of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Diabetic Children, the Effect of Recommendation and the Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Recommendation: An Interventional Study

Attitudes amongst Australian hospital healthcare workers towards seasonal influenza and vaccination

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