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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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Autores principales: Marinos, Georgios, Lamprinos, Dimitrios, Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis, Oikonomou, Evangelos, Zoumpoulis, Georgios, Siasos, Gerasimos, Schizas, Dimitrios, Damaskos, Christos, Garmpis, Nikolaos, Garmpi, Anna, Patoulis, George, Patsourakos, Fotios, Datseris, Ioannis, Tsoukalos, Efstathios, Anyfantis, Ioannis D., Papagiannis, Dimitrios, Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K., Rachiotis, Georgios
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35632553
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797
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author Marinos, Georgios
Lamprinos, Dimitrios
Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis
Oikonomou, Evangelos
Zoumpoulis, Georgios
Siasos, Gerasimos
Schizas, Dimitrios
Damaskos, Christos
Garmpis, Nikolaos
Garmpi, Anna
Patoulis, George
Patsourakos, Fotios
Datseris, Ioannis
Tsoukalos, Efstathios
Anyfantis, Ioannis D.
Papagiannis, Dimitrios
Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K.
Rachiotis, Georgios
author_facet Marinos, Georgios
Lamprinos, Dimitrios
Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis
Oikonomou, Evangelos
Zoumpoulis, Georgios
Siasos, Gerasimos
Schizas, Dimitrios
Damaskos, Christos
Garmpis, Nikolaos
Garmpi, Anna
Patoulis, George
Patsourakos, Fotios
Datseris, Ioannis
Tsoukalos, Efstathios
Anyfantis, Ioannis D.
Papagiannis, Dimitrios
Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K.
Rachiotis, Georgios
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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 pubmed-91481252022-05-29 Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Marinos, Georgios Lamprinos, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis Oikonomou, Evangelos Zoumpoulis, Georgios Siasos, Gerasimos Schizas, Dimitrios Damaskos, Christos Garmpis, Nikolaos Garmpi, Anna Patoulis, George Patsourakos, Fotios Datseris, Ioannis Tsoukalos, Efstathios Anyfantis, Ioannis D. Papagiannis, Dimitrios Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K. Rachiotis, Georgios Vaccines (Basel) Article 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. MDPI 2022-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9148125/ /pubmed/35632553 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Marinos, Georgios
Lamprinos, Dimitrios
Georgakopoulos, Panagiotis
Oikonomou, Evangelos
Zoumpoulis, Georgios
Siasos, Gerasimos
Schizas, Dimitrios
Damaskos, Christos
Garmpis, Nikolaos
Garmpi, Anna
Patoulis, George
Patsourakos, Fotios
Datseris, Ioannis
Tsoukalos, Efstathios
Anyfantis, Ioannis D.
Papagiannis, Dimitrios
Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K.
Rachiotis, Georgios
Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35632553
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797
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