BMC ID - Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of hospital health-care workers regarding influenza A/H1N1: a cross sectional survey

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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of hospital health-care workers regarding influenza A/H1N1: a cross sectional survey

Luciana Albano, Anna Matuozzo, Paolo Marinelli and Gabriella Di Giuseppe



BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14:208 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-208
Published: 16 April 2014
Abstract (provisional)
Background

To assess the knowledge, the attitudes, and the behaviour towards influenza A/H1N1 and the vaccination among health-care workers (HCWs).
Methods

A sample of HCWs was selected from a random sample of non-teaching public hospitals, located in the cities of Naples and Avellino (Italy), received a self-administered anonymous questionnaire including questions about socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge on modes of transmission and preventative measures, attitudes and behaviour relating to influenza A/H1N1.
Results

Only 36.1% correctly knew the main modes of transmission, and that HCWs are a risk category and this level of knowledge was significantly higher in HCWs having received information through scientific journals. A higher perceived risk of contracting influenza A/H1N1 has been observed in the HCWs more knowledgeable, in those considering influenza A/H1N1 a serious disease, and in those working in surgical wards. Only 16.7% have received the influenza A/H1N1 vaccination and HCWs with more fear of contracting influenza A/H1N1, those considering vaccine more useful and less dangerous were more likely to receive vaccine.
Conclusions

Education and communication strategies for improving the level of knowledge and for the immunization uptake regarding influenza A/H1N1 HCWs are strongly needed.

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Re: BMC ID - Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of hospital health-care workers regarding influenza A/H1N1: a cross sectional survey

The research findings revealed a general widespread lack of
knowledge regarding at least one of the modes of influenza A/H1N1 transmission, with frequencies rang ing from 91.2% to
50.3%. This finding was remarkable lower than one observed in a survey in a multispecialty teaching hospital in India, because all resident doctors and more than 90% of nurses knew that influenza was caused by a virus that was transmitted by the droplet method.