Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare workers are at high risk of influenza virus infection as well as of transmitting the infection to vulnerable patients who may be at high risk of severe illness. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence and related factors of influenza vaccination coverage (2...
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| author | Georgios Marinos Dimitrios Lamprinos Panagiotis Georgakopoulos Evangelos Oikonomou Georgios Zoumpoulis Gerasimos Siasos Dimitrios Schizas Christos Damaskos Nikolaos Garmpis Anna Garmpi George Patoulis Fotios Patsourakos Ioannis Datseris Efstathios Tsoukalos Ioannis D. Anyfantis Dimitrios Papagiannis Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis Georgios Rachiotis |
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| description | Healthcare workers are at high risk of influenza virus infection as well as of transmitting the infection to vulnerable patients who may be at high risk of severe illness. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence and related factors of influenza vaccination coverage (2020–2021flu season), among members of the Athens Medical Association in Greece. This survey employed secondary analysis data from a questionnaire-based dataset on COVID-19 vaccination coverage and associated factors from surveyed doctors, registered within the largest medical association in Greece. All members were invited to participate in the anonymous online questionnaire-based survey over the period of 25 February to 13 March 2021. Finally, 1993 physicians (60% males; 40% females) participated in the study. Influenza vaccination coverage was estimated at 76%. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that older age (OR = 1.02; 95% C.I. = 1.01–1.03), history of COVID-19 vaccination (OR = 2.71; 95% C.I. = 2.07–3.56) and perception that vaccines in general are safe (OR = 16.49; 95% C.I. = 4.51–60.25) were found to be independently associated factors with the likelihood of influenza vaccination coverage. Public health authorities should maximize efforts and undertake additional actions in order to increase the percentage of physicians/health care workers (HCWs) being immunized against influenza. The current COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to focus on tailored initiatives and interventions aiming to improve the influenza vaccination coverage of HCWs in a spirit of synergy and cooperation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e64c6987e4ce4b36b32201f670eb88562023-11-23T13:27:25ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2022-05-0110579710.3390/vaccines10050797Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 PandemicGeorgios Marinos0Dimitrios Lamprinos1Panagiotis Georgakopoulos2Evangelos Oikonomou3Georgios Zoumpoulis4Gerasimos Siasos5Dimitrios Schizas6Christos Damaskos7Nikolaos Garmpis8Anna Garmpi9George Patoulis10Fotios Patsourakos11Ioannis Datseris12Efstathios Tsoukalos13Ioannis D. Anyfantis14Dimitrios Papagiannis15Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis16Georgios Rachiotis17Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceEmergency Department, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, GreeceEmergency Department, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, GreeceThird Department of Cardiology, Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceEmergency Department, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, GreeceThird Department of Cardiology, Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceFirst Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceN.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceSecond Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceAthens’s Medical Association, 11527 Athens, GreeceAthens’s Medical Association, 11527 Athens, GreeceAthens’s Medical Association, 11527 Athens, GreeceAthens’s Medical Association, 11527 Athens, GreeceEuropean Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Prevention and Research Unit, 48003 Bilbao, SpainPublic Health & Vaccines Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, GreeceClinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71500 Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41222 Lariss, GreeceHealthcare workers are at high risk of influenza virus infection as well as of transmitting the infection to vulnerable patients who may be at high risk of severe illness. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence and related factors of influenza vaccination coverage (2020–2021flu season), among members of the Athens Medical Association in Greece. This survey employed secondary analysis data from a questionnaire-based dataset on COVID-19 vaccination coverage and associated factors from surveyed doctors, registered within the largest medical association in Greece. All members were invited to participate in the anonymous online questionnaire-based survey over the period of 25 February to 13 March 2021. Finally, 1993 physicians (60% males; 40% females) participated in the study. Influenza vaccination coverage was estimated at 76%. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that older age (OR = 1.02; 95% C.I. = 1.01–1.03), history of COVID-19 vaccination (OR = 2.71; 95% C.I. = 2.07–3.56) and perception that vaccines in general are safe (OR = 16.49; 95% C.I. = 4.51–60.25) were found to be independently associated factors with the likelihood of influenza vaccination coverage. Public health authorities should maximize efforts and undertake additional actions in order to increase the percentage of physicians/health care workers (HCWs) being immunized against influenza. The current COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to focus on tailored initiatives and interventions aiming to improve the influenza vaccination coverage of HCWs in a spirit of synergy and cooperation.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/5/797influenzavaccinationphysicianshealth care workersCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Georgios Marinos Dimitrios Lamprinos Panagiotis Georgakopoulos Evangelos Oikonomou Georgios Zoumpoulis Gerasimos Siasos Dimitrios Schizas Christos Damaskos Nikolaos Garmpis Anna Garmpi George Patoulis Fotios Patsourakos Ioannis Datseris Efstathios Tsoukalos Ioannis D. Anyfantis Dimitrios Papagiannis Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis Georgios Rachiotis Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Vaccines influenza vaccination physicians health care workers COVID-19 |
| title | Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | increased influenza vaccination coverage among members of the athens medical association amidst covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | influenza vaccination physicians health care workers COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/5/797 |
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