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Influenza Vaccination Uptake and Prognostic Factors Among Health Professionals in Italy: Results From the Nationwide Sur-Veillance PASSI 2015–2018

Valentina Minardi
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Rosaria Gallo
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Valentina Possenti
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Benedetta Contoli
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Davide Di Fonzo
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Elvira D’Andrea
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Maria Masocco
Version 1 : Received: 16 May 2023 / Approved: 17 May 2023 / Online: 17 May 2023 (04:27:18 CEST)

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Minardi, V.; Gallo, R.; Possenti, V.; Contoli, B.; Di Fonzo, D.; D’Andrea, E.; Masocco, M. Influenza Vaccination Uptake and Prognostic Factors among Health Professionals in Italy: Results from the Nationwide Surveillance PASSI 2015–2018. Vaccines 2023, 11, 1223. Minardi, V.; Gallo, R.; Possenti, V.; Contoli, B.; Di Fonzo, D.; D’Andrea, E.; Masocco, M. Influenza Vaccination Uptake and Prognostic Factors among Health Professionals in Italy: Results from the Nationwide Surveillance PASSI 2015–2018. Vaccines 2023, 11, 1223.

Abstract

(1) Influenza causes a significant health and socio-economic burden every year, and health personnel (HP) are at higher risk of exposure to respiratory pathogens than general population. (2) The study purpose was to describe and compare influenza vaccine uptake and its prognostic factors among Medical Doctors (MDs) and Non-Medical Health Personnel (NMHP) vs Non-HP (NHP). We analysed 2014-2018 data (N=105,608) from the Italian Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System PASSI that, since 2008, has been collecting health-related information continuously in sampled adults. (3) MDs and NMHP represented, respectively, 1.1% and 4.6% of the sample. Among HP, 22.8% (CI 19.8% - 26.1%) of MDs and 8.5% (CI 7.5% - 9.5%) of NMHP reported to have been vaccinated vs 6.3% (CI 6.1% - 6.5%) in NHP. This difference is confirmed in the three categories (MDs, NMHP, NHP), even more across age groups: in 18-34yy, respectively, 9.9%, 4.4%, 3.4% vs 28.4%, 13.9%, 10.6% in 50-64yy. PASSI surveillance shows an increasing influenza vaccination uptake over time, especially among MDs (22.2% in 2014 vs 30.5% in 2018). (4) Despite such increase, especially among younger HP, influenza vaccination uptake is low. Even more under pandemic scenarios, these figures represent key information to address effective strategies for disease prevention and health promotion.

Keywords

influenza vaccination; health personnel; health care worker; surveillance system; epidemiology; prevention; public health

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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