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Factors effecting influenza vaccination uptake among health care workers: a multi-center cross-sectional study
- Source :
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background: The present study aimed to identify factors affecting vaccination against influenza among health professionals. Methods: We used a multi-centre cross-sectional design to conduct an online self-administered questionnaire with physicians and nurses at state and foundation university hospitals in the south-east of Turkey, between 1 January 2015 and 1 February 2015. The five participating hospitals provided staff email address lists filtered for physicians and nurses. The questionnaire comprised multiple choice questions covering demographic data, knowledge sources, and Likert-type items on factors affecting vaccination against influenza. The target response rate was 20 %. Results: In total, 642 (22 %) of 2870 health professionals (1220 physicians and 1650 nurses) responded to the questionnaire. Participants' mean age was 29.6 +/- 9.2 years (range 17-62 years); 177 (28.2 %) were physicians and 448 (71.3 %) were nurses. The rate of regular vaccination was 9.2 % (15.2 % for physicians and 8.2 % for nurses). Increasing age, longer work duration in health services, being male, being a physician, working in an internal medicine department, having a chronic disease, and living with a person over 65 years old significantly increased vaccination compliance (p < 0.05). We found differences between vaccine compliant and non-compliant groups for expected benefit from vaccination, social influences, and personal efficacy (p < 0.05). Univariate analysis showed differences between the groups in perceptions of personal risks, side effects, and efficacy of the vaccine (p < 0.05). Multivariate analysis found that important factors influencing vaccination behavior were work place, colleagues' opinions, having a chronic disease, belief that vaccination was effective, and belief that flu can be prevented by natural ways. Conclusion: Numerous factors influence health professionals' decisions about influenza vaccination. Strategies to increase the ratio of vaccination among physicians and nurses should consider all of these factors to increase the likelihood of success.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis
Adolescent
Turkey
Cross-sectional study
Attitude of Health Personnel
Health Personnel
030106 microbiology
Nurses
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Physicians
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Influenza, Human
medicine
Healthcare workers
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Multiple choice
Univariate analysis
business.industry
Vaccination
Middle Aged
Influenza
Hospitals
Vaccination behavior
Infectious Diseases
Cross-Sectional Studies
Influenza Vaccines
Family medicine
Immunology
Tropical medicine
Chronic Disease
Female
business
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712334
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bb90d91a5b3862b10df0de4cc51aeabb