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Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | D’Ambrosio, Floriana Pumpo, Marcello Di Vetrugno, Giuseppe Pascucci, Domenico Carini, Elettra Beccia, Viria Sguera, Anna Zega, Maurizio Pani, Marcello Cambieri, Andrea Nurchis, Mario Damiani, Gianfranco Laurenti, Patrizia |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Seasonal flu vaccination is one of the most important strategies for preventing influenza. The attitude towards flu vaccination in light of the COVID-19 pandemic has so far been studied in the literature mostly with the help of surveys and questionnaires. Whether a person chooses to be vaccinated or not during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, speaks louder than any declaration of intention. In our teaching hospital, we registered a statistically significant increase in flu vaccination coverage across all professional categories between the 2019/2020 and the 2020/2021 campaign (24.19% vs. 54.56%, p < 0.0001). A linear regression model, based on data from four previous campaigns, predicted for the 2020/2021 campaign a total flu vaccination coverage of 30.35%. A coverage of 54.46% was, instead, observed, with a statistically significant difference from the predicted value (p < 0.0001). The COVID-19 pandemic can, therefore, be considered as an incentive that significantly and dramatically increased adherence to flu vaccination among our healthcare workers. |
| Starting Page | 276 |
| e-ISSN | 2076393X |
| DOI | 10.3390/vaccines9030276 |
| Journal | Vaccines |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-03-18 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Vaccines Biomedical Social Sciences Flu Vaccination Covid-19 Healthcare Workers Adherence Vaccination Coverage |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
