How has COVID-19 pandemic changed flu vaccination attitudes among an Italian cancer center healthcare workers?

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101572652 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2164-554X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 21645515 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Hum Vaccin Immunother Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2015- : Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis
      Original Publication: Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience
    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19*/prevention & control ; Influenza Vaccines* ; Influenza, Human*/epidemiology ; Influenza, Human*/prevention & control ; Neoplasms*/epidemiology; Attitude ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Female ; Health Personnel ; Humans ; Male ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Retrospective Studies ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Seasons ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Vaccination
    • Abstract:
      A retrospective study was conducted among Italian cancer healthcare workers (HCWs) to describe how influenza vaccination attitudes have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis was conducted on the last three influenza seasons (2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21). To account for different relationships and proximity with patients, the study population was grouped into three main professional categories: health personnel, administrative staff and technicians. Moreover, to explore the factors affecting the coverage of influenza vaccine, a multinomial regression analysis was performed.Over the years, the influenza vaccination uptake showed a gradual increase across the overall staff, the highest coverage (53.8%) was observed in the season 2020/21, in particular, for health personnel (57.7%). In general, males resulted in more adherent to vaccination campaigns; nevertheless, this gap decreased in the last season. A total of 28.6% workers were always vaccinated throughout the past three seasons, a remarkable 25.2% (mainly young and females) received for the first time the influenza vaccination in 2020/21.In this dramatic health crisis, the attitudes of HCWs toward flu vaccination have changed. The COVID-19 outbreak increased adherence to flu vaccination, reaching the highest coverage in the campaign 2020/21. However, further efforts should be made to achieve greater vaccination coverage.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: COVID-19; Influenza vaccination; healthcare workers; influenza vaccination uptake
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Influenza Vaccines)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20211006 Date Completed: 20220309 Latest Revision: 20220316
    • Publication Date:
      20240104
    • Accession Number:
      PMC8903766
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/21645515.2021.1978795
    • Accession Number:
      34613881