TY - JOUR
T1 - Influenza Vaccination Rate and Factors Associated with Compliance among Health Care Employees in Large and Medium Acute Care Hospitals
AU - Gafner, Michal
AU - Korlander, Hila
AU - Zimlichman, Reuven
AU - Ziv-Baran, Tomer
AU - Zimlichman, Eyal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - Annual influenza epidemics are associated with high morbidity and mortality worldwide, with vaccinations being the main preventive intervention; however, the compliance rate of health care employees remains low. Study aims were to examine vaccination rates among physicians and nurses in surgical and medicine wards, compare between medium and large tertiary hospitals, and identify factors associated with increased vaccination rates. Structured questionnaires were distributed. A total of 238/339 (70.2%) were vaccinated. In multivariate analysis, respiratory illness during precedent winter (odds ratio [OR] 3.146, P =.007), working in a medium hospital (OR 2.4, P =.003), and an attending resident with an infectious diseases subspecialty (OR 20.473, P =.007) were associated with a higher vaccination rate. Institutional email or portal messages were associated with decreased vaccination rates (OR = 0.259, P =.007). The leading reason for vaccination was "to stay healthy" (73.5%). Recruiting experts in the field, providing up-to-date information, and increasing management's involvement could encourage vaccination among health care employees.
AB - Annual influenza epidemics are associated with high morbidity and mortality worldwide, with vaccinations being the main preventive intervention; however, the compliance rate of health care employees remains low. Study aims were to examine vaccination rates among physicians and nurses in surgical and medicine wards, compare between medium and large tertiary hospitals, and identify factors associated with increased vaccination rates. Structured questionnaires were distributed. A total of 238/339 (70.2%) were vaccinated. In multivariate analysis, respiratory illness during precedent winter (odds ratio [OR] 3.146, P =.007), working in a medium hospital (OR 2.4, P =.003), and an attending resident with an infectious diseases subspecialty (OR 20.473, P =.007) were associated with a higher vaccination rate. Institutional email or portal messages were associated with decreased vaccination rates (OR = 0.259, P =.007). The leading reason for vaccination was "to stay healthy" (73.5%). Recruiting experts in the field, providing up-to-date information, and increasing management's involvement could encourage vaccination among health care employees.
KW - compliance
KW - health care
KW - infections
KW - influenza
KW - vaccination
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U2 - 10.1177/1062860620929423
DO - 10.1177/1062860620929423
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C2 - 32486936
AN - SCOPUS:85085994434
SN - 1062-8606
VL - 36
SP - 115
EP - 121
JO - American Journal of Medical Quality
JF - American Journal of Medical Quality
IS - 2
ER -