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Demand and motivation for influenza vaccination among healthcare workers before and during the COVID-19 era: a cross-sectional survey
- Source :
- Hum Vaccin Immunother
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- Protection of healthcare workers (HCWs) against influenza is essential for patient health and a functional health system. The study aimed to analyze the demand for seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) among various groups of HCWs in a tertiary care hospital before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify their motives for this season’s SIV. Before this influenza season (2020/21), the hospital management offered free SIV to all HCWs and promoted it on the internal network. Out of 4,167 HCWs, 630 HCWs expressed interest in SIV and were vaccinated in the hospital. They filled in a total of 603 self-administered pen-and-paper questionnaires. The mean age of the respondents (374 females and 229 males) was 45 ± 12 years. Physicians accounted for 48% of the vaccinated persons but for only 24% (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cross-sectional study
Health Personnel
health care facilities, manpower, and services
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
education
030231 tropical medicine
Immunology
Functional health
Seasonal influenza
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Environmental health
Influenza, Human
Health care
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Pandemics
Pharmacology
Motivation
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Vaccination
COVID-19
virus diseases
Middle Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Influenza Vaccines
Female
business
Research Paper
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2164554X and 21645515
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....36d61ba1bfd41ba516715f20fbc10433