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Multicenter Study
. 2014;10(5):1204-10.
doi: 10.4161/hv.28081. Epub 2014 Mar 6.

Influenza vaccination coverage among medical residents: an Italian multicenter survey

Claudio Costantino  1 , Walter Mazzucco  1 , Elena Azzolini  2 , Cesare Baldini  3 , Margherita Bergomi  4 , Alessio Daniele Biafiore  5 , Manuela Bianco  6 , Lucia Borsari  4 , Paolo Cacciari  7 , Chiara Cadeddu  8 , Paola Camia  9 , Eugenia Carluccio  4 , Andrea Conti  10 , Chiara De Waure  8 , Valentina Di Gregori  7 , Leila Fabiani  11 , Roberto Fallico  12 , Barbara Filisetti  13 , Maria E Flacco  14 , Elisabetta Franco  15 , Roberto Furnari  12 , Veronica Galis  6 , Maria R Gallea  12 , Maria F Gallone  16 , Serena Gallone  16 , Umberto Gelatti  13 , Francesco Gilardi  15 , Anna R Giuliani  11 , Orazio C Grillo  10 , Niccolò Lanati  17 , Silvia Mascaretti  13 , Antonella Mattei  11 , Rocco Micò  5 , Laura Morciano  15 , Nicola Nante  2 , Giuseppe Napoli  1 , Carmelo Giuseppe Nobile  5 , Raffaele Palladino  18 , Salvatore Parisi  1 , Maria Passaro  18 , Gabriele Pelissero  17 , Michele Quarto  16 , Walter Ricciardi  8 , Gabriele Romano  3 , Ennio Rustico  7 , Anita Saponari  14 , Francesco S Schioppa  14 , Carlo Signorelli  9 , Roberta Siliquini  6 , Valeria Trabacchi  9 , Maria Triassi  18 , Alessia Varetta  17 , Andrea Ziglio  3 , Angela Zoccali  10 , Francesco Vitale  1 , Emanuele Amodio  1
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Multicenter Study

Influenza vaccination coverage among medical residents: an Italian multicenter survey

Claudio Costantino et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014.

Abstract

Although influenza vaccination is recognized to be safe and effective, recent studies have confirmed that immunization coverage among health care workers remain generally low, especially among medical residents (MRs). Aim of the present multicenter study was to investigate attitudes and determinants associated with acceptance of influenza vaccination among Italian MRs. A survey was performed in 2012 on MRs attending post-graduate schools of 18 Italian Universities. Each participant was interviewed via an anonymous, self-administered, web-based questionnaire including questions on attitudes regarding influenza vaccination. A total of 2506 MRs were recruited in the survey and 299 (11.9%) of these stated they had accepted influenza vaccination in 2011-2012 season. Vaccinated MRs were older (P = 0.006), working in clinical settings (P = 0.048), and vaccinated in the 2 previous seasons (P<0.001 in both seasons). Moreover, MRs who had recommended influenza vaccination to their patients were significantly more compliant with influenza vaccination uptake in 2011-2012 season (P<0.001). "To avoid spreading influenza among patients" was recognized as the main reason for accepting vaccination by less than 15% of vaccinated MRs. Italian MRs seem to have a very low compliance with influenza vaccination and they seem to accept influenza vaccination as a habit that is unrelated to professional and ethical responsibility. Otherwise, residents who refuse vaccination in the previous seasons usually maintain their behaviors. Promoting correct attitudes and good practice in order to improve the influenza immunization rates of MRs could represent a decisive goal for increasing immunization coverage among health care workers of the future.

Keywords: Italy; coverage rate; influenza vaccination; medical residents; multicentre survey.

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Figure 1. Reasons for influenza vaccination uptake in 2011–2012 season among vaccinated Italian medical residents (n=299) (A). Reasons for refusing influenza vaccination in 2011–2012 season among not vaccinated Italian medical residents (n=2207) (B).
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Figure 2. Strategies for increasing influenza immunization rate suggested by Italian medical residents.
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