Tweet
Prev Med. 2013 May 31. pii: S0091-7435(13)00184-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.021. [Epub ahead of print]
Trends in influenza vaccine coverage among primary healthcare workers in Spain, 2008-2011.
Castilla J, Mart?nez-Baz I, Godoy P, Toledo D, Astray J, Garc?a S, Mayoral JM, Mart?n V, Gonz?lez-Candelas F, Guevara M, Diaz-Borrego J, Torner N, Baricot M, Tamames S, Dom?nguez A; the CIBERESP Working Group for the Survey on Influenza Vaccination in Primary Healthcare Professionals.
Source
Instituto de Salud P?blica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP). Electronic address: jcastilc@navarra.es.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate trends in seasonal influenza vaccination coverage in primary healthcare workers in Spain between 2008 and 2011.
METHODS:
We made an anonymous web survey of primary healthcare workers in 2012. Information on attitudes towards and knowledge of influenza vaccine, and immunization in previous seasons was collected. Self-reported vaccination coverage and factors related to vaccination continuity were analysed.
RESULTS:
Of 5433 workers contacted, 2625 (48.3%) responded to the survey: 47.0% were general practitioners, 10.3% paediatricians and 42.7% nurses. Their reported vaccination rates from seasons 2008-09 to 2011-12 decreased over time: 58.4%, 57.4%, 53.2% and 49.3% (linear trend,p<0.001). Among workers vaccinated in any previous season, 70.2% were vaccinated again in 2011-2012, compared with 5.2% among those not previously vaccinated (p<0.001). Continuity of vaccination increased with age and with the worker or cohabitant having a major chronic condition. Vaccination was higher in workers who recognized vaccination as effective and those worried about being infected or infecting patients.
CONCLUSION:
Influenza vaccination coverage in primary healthcare workers has declined, especially after the pandemic. Intensive interventions are needed to change this trend. Knowledge of vaccination should be reinforced by stressing the effectiveness of the vaccine and the risks of influenza for workers and patients.
Copyright ? 2013. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PMID:
23732251
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Trends in influenza vaccine coverage among primary healthcare workers in Spain, 2008-2011.
Castilla J, Mart?nez-Baz I, Godoy P, Toledo D, Astray J, Garc?a S, Mayoral JM, Mart?n V, Gonz?lez-Candelas F, Guevara M, Diaz-Borrego J, Torner N, Baricot M, Tamames S, Dom?nguez A; the CIBERESP Working Group for the Survey on Influenza Vaccination in Primary Healthcare Professionals.
Source
Instituto de Salud P?blica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP). Electronic address: jcastilc@navarra.es.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate trends in seasonal influenza vaccination coverage in primary healthcare workers in Spain between 2008 and 2011.
METHODS:
We made an anonymous web survey of primary healthcare workers in 2012. Information on attitudes towards and knowledge of influenza vaccine, and immunization in previous seasons was collected. Self-reported vaccination coverage and factors related to vaccination continuity were analysed.
RESULTS:
Of 5433 workers contacted, 2625 (48.3%) responded to the survey: 47.0% were general practitioners, 10.3% paediatricians and 42.7% nurses. Their reported vaccination rates from seasons 2008-09 to 2011-12 decreased over time: 58.4%, 57.4%, 53.2% and 49.3% (linear trend,p<0.001). Among workers vaccinated in any previous season, 70.2% were vaccinated again in 2011-2012, compared with 5.2% among those not previously vaccinated (p<0.001). Continuity of vaccination increased with age and with the worker or cohabitant having a major chronic condition. Vaccination was higher in workers who recognized vaccination as effective and those worried about being infected or infecting patients.
CONCLUSION:
Influenza vaccination coverage in primary healthcare workers has declined, especially after the pandemic. Intensive interventions are needed to change this trend. Knowledge of vaccination should be reinforced by stressing the effectiveness of the vaccine and the risks of influenza for workers and patients.
Copyright ? 2013. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PMID:
23732251
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
