Getting vaccinated or not getting vaccinated? Different reasons for getting vaccinated against seasonal or pandemic influenza

BMC Public Health

Francesco Saverio Violante²  Marco Depolo³  Dina Guglielmi¹  Michela Vignoli³  Roberta Bonfiglioli² 

[1] Department of Educational Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Filippo Re 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy;Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Pelagio Palagi 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy;Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Filippo Re 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy

关键词: HCWs;    Seasonal influenza;    Pandemic influenza;    Vaccine;   

Others  :  1161403
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-1221

 received in 2013-04-26, accepted in 2013-12-17,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

A large number of studies have investigated the motivation behind health care workers (HCWs) taking the influenza vaccine. But with the appearance of pandemic influenza, it became important to better analyse the reasons why workers get vaccinated against seasonal and/or pandemic influenza.

Methods

Three main categories of reasons were identified with an Exploratory Factor Analysis. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to verify the existence of differences between three categories of choices (taking of seasonal and pandemic vaccine, only the seasonal vaccine or none). In addition, a multinomial logistic regression analysis was performed to analyse the association between stated intentions and update of seasonal and pandemic vaccine. Questionnaires were returned from 168 HCWs (67.3% women).

Results

The results showed that age and being well-informed about vaccination topics are the most important variables in determining the choice to take the vaccine.

Conclusions

The results highlight the importance of enhancing education programs to improve awareness among HCWs concerning the benefits of taking the influenza vaccination, with particular attention paid to younger workers.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Bonfiglioli et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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