Vaccination and factors that influence the attitude of health professionals towards the antiflu vaccination

Factors influencing healthcare professionals’ confidence in vaccination in Europe: a literature review

“…Contrastingly, perceptions that the risk of transmitting influenza to patients is low was provided as a reason for refusing influenza vaccination by 16.8% of HCPs in Italy , 39 with unvaccinated HCPs in Spain rating this perception with a mean score of 2.6 on a scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree). 49 …”

“…Doubts about influenza vaccine effectiveness and beliefs it is possible to catch influenza after having been vaccinated were reported by 81–96.9% of HCPs in Turkey , 48 , 49 23.9–62.6% of HCPs in Italy , 61 23% of HCPs in France 68 and nurses and GPs from qualitative studies in the Netherlands,87 Switzerland 41 and Slovenia . 40 GPs and midwives in a qualitative study in the UK 86 and 20–29% of HCPs from studies from Italy 43 , 87 and France 79 believed that influenza vaccines can cause influenza, while this was refuted by 53.3–63.8% of family physicians in Turkey .…”

“… 88 Additionally, 30% of vaccinated Italian hospital doctors considered the influenza vaccine safe and effective 28 and HCPs in Spain scored a mean of 1.9 (from 1: completely disagree to 5: completely agree) for the statement “I got vaccinated in previous years but I caught the flu anyway”. 49 A study with HCPs working in a residential care facility in Ireland found that while 65% of HCPs believed influenza vaccine was effective in preventing influenza, vaccine effectiveness was cited as a reason for not accepting influenza vaccination by 60% of unvaccinated HCPs. 65 …”

“… 24 , 29 , 30 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 41 , 61 , 62 , 65 , 77 , 78 , 87 , 90 , 101 However, HCPs in studies in Spain and Ireland were found to disagree or neither agree nor disagree with statements that concerns about vaccine safety constituted reasons for refusing influenza vaccination. 32 , 49 , 102 In Finland , HCPs and nurses who perceived vaccines as both beneficial and safe were found to be more likely to recommend and to be vaccinated against influenza. 66 Concerns about side effects following influenza vaccination were listed as a reason for not recommending the vaccine by 10.7–39.6% of gynecologists in Germany in relation to pregnant women 63 , 89 but only 1.8–9% of HCPs in Germany and Turkey in relation to vaccination of adolescents or high-risk groups.…”

Cobertura de la vacunación antigripal en los farmacéuticos comunitarios: razones aportadas y absentismo relacionado. Predisposición a vacunar a la población

“…En cuanto a la experiencia profesional, los más experimentados son más mayores y, probablemente, la mayor edad aumente la intención de prevenir la salud o de sufrir alguna enfermedad crónica o factor de riesgo relacionado con la gripe, que haga que se vacunen más. Los resultados de otros estudios sobre FC (7), trabajadores de la farmacia (8) y centros sanitarios españoles también arrojan diferencias significativas entre categorías profesionales de médicos (pediatras y otras especialidades), personal de enfermería (enfermeros y auxiliares de enfermería) y personal administrativo (13-16), así como con el aumento de la edad (7,8,(14)(15)(16)(17). En este estudio el sexo no explicó la adherencia a la VCG (p>0,05) y en otros estudios de otros profesionales sanitarios (15,17) se encontraron resultados dispares, por lo que no parecen existir diferencias significativas entre hombres y mujeres (13).…”