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Gac Sanit. 2011 Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print]
[Determinants of influenza vaccination in health staff: 2009-2010 season.]
[Article in Spanish]
S?nchez-Pay? J, Hern?ndez-Garc?a I, Barrenengoa Sa?udo J, Rolando Mart?nez H, Camargo ?ngeles R, Cartagena Llopis L, Villanueva Ruiz C, Gonz?lez Hern?ndez M.
Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Espa?a.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine vaccination coverage against seasonal influenza and the new A (H1N1) influenza virus among healthcare personnel during the 2009-2010 season and to identify its determining factors.
METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study among healthcare staff at the General University Hospital in Alicante (Spain) during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 influenza vaccination campaigns. The 2009-2010 vaccination campaign was subdivided into two phases. In the first phase, from 1st October to 19th November, 2009, the seasonal influenza vaccine was administered; in the second phase, from 16th November to 30th December, 2009, vaccination against the new A (H1N1) influenza virus was performed. Each of the vaccine programs was preceded by a specific vaccination promotion campaign. Healthcare staff were asked to complete a brief self-administered questionnaire containing a list of reasons for being vaccinated. Coverage during both vaccination campaigns was calculated, and the results, both overall and for each profession, were then compared using a Chi-square test.
RESULTS: Coverage against seasonal influenza was 31% and that against the new A (H1N1) influenza virus was 22.2% (p<0.05); these percentages were 36% and 34% respectively in medical personnel (NS), 33% and 24% respectively in nursing personnel (p<0.001), and 21% and 12% respectively in nursing assistants (p<0.001). The main reason given for being vaccinated was self-protection.
CONCLUSIONS: The low coverage achieved is a public health problem. Specific intervention programs should be implemented.
Copyright ? 2010 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.
PMID: 21333406 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Free Article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21333406
[Determinants of influenza vaccination in health staff: 2009-2010 season.]
[Article in Spanish]
S?nchez-Pay? J, Hern?ndez-Garc?a I, Barrenengoa Sa?udo J, Rolando Mart?nez H, Camargo ?ngeles R, Cartagena Llopis L, Villanueva Ruiz C, Gonz?lez Hern?ndez M.
Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Espa?a.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine vaccination coverage against seasonal influenza and the new A (H1N1) influenza virus among healthcare personnel during the 2009-2010 season and to identify its determining factors.
METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study among healthcare staff at the General University Hospital in Alicante (Spain) during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 influenza vaccination campaigns. The 2009-2010 vaccination campaign was subdivided into two phases. In the first phase, from 1st October to 19th November, 2009, the seasonal influenza vaccine was administered; in the second phase, from 16th November to 30th December, 2009, vaccination against the new A (H1N1) influenza virus was performed. Each of the vaccine programs was preceded by a specific vaccination promotion campaign. Healthcare staff were asked to complete a brief self-administered questionnaire containing a list of reasons for being vaccinated. Coverage during both vaccination campaigns was calculated, and the results, both overall and for each profession, were then compared using a Chi-square test.
RESULTS: Coverage against seasonal influenza was 31% and that against the new A (H1N1) influenza virus was 22.2% (p<0.05); these percentages were 36% and 34% respectively in medical personnel (NS), 33% and 24% respectively in nursing personnel (p<0.001), and 21% and 12% respectively in nursing assistants (p<0.001). The main reason given for being vaccinated was self-protection.
CONCLUSIONS: The low coverage achieved is a public health problem. Specific intervention programs should be implemented.
Copyright ? 2010 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.
PMID: 21333406 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Free Article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21333406