Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves
Seasonal flu vaccination is one of the most important strategies for preventing influenza. The attitude towards flu vaccination in light of the COVID-19 pandemic has so far been studied in the literature mostly with the help of surveys and questionnaires. Whether a person chooses to be vaccinated or...
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| author | Marcello Di Pumpo Giuseppe Vetrugno Domenico Pascucci Elettra Carini Viria Beccia Anna Sguera Maurizio Zega Marcello Pani Andrea Cambieri Mario Cesare Nurchis Floriana D’Ambrosio Gianfranco Damiani Patrizia Laurenti |
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| description | Seasonal flu vaccination is one of the most important strategies for preventing influenza. The attitude towards flu vaccination in light of the COVID-19 pandemic has so far been studied in the literature mostly with the help of surveys and questionnaires. Whether a person chooses to be vaccinated or not during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, speaks louder than any declaration of intention. In our teaching hospital, we registered a statistically significant increase in flu vaccination coverage across all professional categories between the 2019/2020 and the 2020/2021 campaign (24.19% vs. 54.56%, <i>p</i> < 0.0001). A linear regression model, based on data from four previous campaigns, predicted for the 2020/2021 campaign a total flu vaccination coverage of 30.35%. A coverage of 54.46% was, instead, observed, with a statistically significant difference from the predicted value (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). The COVID-19 pandemic can, therefore, be considered as an incentive that significantly and dramatically increased adherence to flu vaccination among our healthcare workers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-580df2370f6843a1bc8925801f1093e72023-11-21T11:02:29ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2021-03-019327610.3390/vaccines9030276Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for ThemselvesMarcello Di Pumpo0Giuseppe Vetrugno1Domenico Pascucci2Elettra Carini3Viria Beccia4Anna Sguera5Maurizio Zega6Marcello Pani7Andrea Cambieri8Mario Cesare Nurchis9Floriana D’Ambrosio10Gianfranco Damiani11Patrizia Laurenti12Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalyUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalyFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, ItalyFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, ItalyFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, ItalyFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, ItalyDepartment of Woman and Child Health and Public Health-Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalySection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, ItalySeasonal flu vaccination is one of the most important strategies for preventing influenza. The attitude towards flu vaccination in light of the COVID-19 pandemic has so far been studied in the literature mostly with the help of surveys and questionnaires. Whether a person chooses to be vaccinated or not during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, speaks louder than any declaration of intention. In our teaching hospital, we registered a statistically significant increase in flu vaccination coverage across all professional categories between the 2019/2020 and the 2020/2021 campaign (24.19% vs. 54.56%, <i>p</i> < 0.0001). A linear regression model, based on data from four previous campaigns, predicted for the 2020/2021 campaign a total flu vaccination coverage of 30.35%. A coverage of 54.46% was, instead, observed, with a statistically significant difference from the predicted value (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). The COVID-19 pandemic can, therefore, be considered as an incentive that significantly and dramatically increased adherence to flu vaccination among our healthcare workers.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/3/276flu vaccinationCOVID-19healthcare workersadherencevaccination coverage |
| spellingShingle | Marcello Di Pumpo Giuseppe Vetrugno Domenico Pascucci Elettra Carini Viria Beccia Anna Sguera Maurizio Zega Marcello Pani Andrea Cambieri Mario Cesare Nurchis Floriana D’Ambrosio Gianfranco Damiani Patrizia Laurenti Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves Vaccines flu vaccination COVID-19 healthcare workers adherence vaccination coverage |
| title | Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves |
| title_full | Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves |
| title_fullStr | Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves |
| title_short | Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves |
| title_sort | is covid 19 a real incentive for flu vaccination let the numbers speak for themselves |
| topic | flu vaccination COVID-19 healthcare workers adherence vaccination coverage |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/3/276 |
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