Managing an Online Survey about Influenza Vaccination in Primary Healthcare Workers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Diana Toledo³  Nicole Aerny⁷  Núria Soldevila³  Maretva Baricot³  Pere Godoy³  Jesús Castilla³  Susana Garc໚-Gutierrez¹  Núria Torner³  Jenaro Astray²  José Mar໚ Mayoral⁵  Sonia Tamames⁸  Fernando González-Candelas³  Vicente Martín³  José D໚z⁴  Angela Domíguez³  rib-type="author">the CIBERESP Working Group for the Survey on Influenza Vaccination in Primary Health Care Workerscontrib-type="author">the CIBERESP Working Group for the Survey on Influenza Vaccination in Primary Health Care Workers<⁶ 

[1] Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Unansolo (Osakidetza), Bizkaia 48960, Spain; E-Mail:;Área de Epidemiología, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid 28035, Spain; E-Mail:;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain; E-Mails:;Servicio Andaluz de Salud Pública, Sevilla 41071, Spain; E-Mail:;Servicio de Vigilancia de Andalucía, Sevilla 41071, Spain; E-Mail:CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain;;Subdirección de Promoción de la Salud y Prevención, Consejería de Sanidad, Madrid 28035, Spain; E-Mail:;Dirección General de Salud Pública, Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Junta de Castillay León, Valladolid 47071, Spain; E-Mail:

关键词: online survey;    primary healthcare workers;    research design;    data collection;    methodological considerations.;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph120100541

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Online surveys are increasingly used due to their speed and efficiency. The aim of this study was to analyze factors that may have contributed to the quality and speed of response of an online survey on influenza vaccination in primary healthcare workers. A multicenter study including family physicians, nurses and pediatricians from primary healthcare teams from seven Spanish Autonomous Communities was designed. The centers were selected by simple random sampling. The survey remained active and accessible for 56 days and four reminders were sent. The odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to assess the association of sociodemographic variables and responding to the survey before the second reminder. Complete, validated information was obtained from 1965 primary healthcare workers. The total response rate was 36.2%. More nurses (46.3%) responded before the second reminder and more family physicians (52.8%) after the second reminder. The adjusted OR shows that family physicians responded later (AOR 1.46, 95% CI 1.2–1.8) than nurses. The responses obtained in the first 24 h after the initial sending and the reminders accounted for 41.7% of the completed surveys, indicating the importance of reminders.

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