Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves.

COVID-19 adherence flu vaccination healthcare workers vaccination coverage

Journal

Vaccines
ISSN: 2076-393X
Titre abrégé: Vaccines (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101629355

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Mar 2021
Historique:
received: 22 01 2021
revised: 01 03 2021
accepted: 15 03 2021
entrez: 3 4 2021
pubmed: 4 4 2021
medline: 4 4 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

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%,

Identifiants

pubmed: 33803755
pii: vaccines9030276
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9030276
pmc: PMC8003130
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Marcello Di Pumpo (M)

Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Giuseppe Vetrugno (G)

Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Domenico Pascucci (D)

Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Elettra Carini (E)

Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Viria Beccia (V)

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Anna Sguera (A)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Maurizio Zega (M)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Marcello Pani (M)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Andrea Cambieri (A)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Mario Cesare Nurchis (MC)

Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health-Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Floriana D'Ambrosio (F)

Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Gianfranco Damiani (G)

Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health-Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

Patrizia Laurenti (P)

Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health-Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy.

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