Visualizing knowledge and attitude factors related to influenza vaccination of physicians


Por: Antón-Ladislao A, García-Gutiérrez S, Soldevila N, González-Candelas F, Godoy P, Castilla J, Mayoral JM, Astray J, Martín V, Tamames S, Toledo D, Aguirre U and Domínguez A

Publicada: 11 feb 2015
Resumen:
Purpose: To characterize groups of primary healthcare physicians according to sociodemographic data, years of professional experience and knowledge of and attitudes to influenza, and to evaluate differences between groups with respect to influenza vaccination in the 2011-2012 season. Methods: We carried out an anonymous web survey of Spanish primary healthcare physicians in 2012. Information on vaccination, and knowledge of and attitudes to influenza was collected. Multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were used to define groups of physicians. Results: We included 835 physicians and identified three types. Type B were physicians with low professional experience of influenza. Types A and C were physicians with high professional experience with influenza, type A also had a high awareness of influenza and seasonal vaccination. Types A and C were older and more often male than type B (p < 0.0001). Knowledge of influenza was greatest in type A and lowest in type B. Awareness of influenza was greatest in type A and lowest in type C. In type A, 71.0% of physicians were vaccinated in the 2011-2012 season, compared with 48.1% and 33.6% from types B and C, respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Additional efforts should be made to increase interest and concerns about preventing the transmission of influenza in physicians who do not believe influenza is a severe disease and are not concerned about its transmission. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Antón-Ladislao A:
 Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Osakidetza), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

 Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

García-Gutiérrez S:
 Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Osakidetza), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

 Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

Soldevila N:
 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

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 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

 Unidad Mixta Genómica y Salud FISABIO-Salud Pública, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Godoy P:
 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

 Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Castilla J:
 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

 Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Mayoral JM:
 Servicio de Vigilancia de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain

Astray J:
 Área de Epidemiología, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Martín V:
 Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad de León, León, Spain

Tamames S:
 Dirección General de Salud Pública, Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Junta de Castilla y León, León, Spain

Toledo D:
 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

 Departament de Salut Pública, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Aguirre U:
 Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Osakidetza), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

 Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

Domínguez A:
 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

 Departament de Salut Pública, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 13588745





Vaccine
Editorial
Elsevier BV, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, Países Bajos
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 33 Número: 7
Páginas: 885-891
WOS Id: 000349500900008
ID de PubMed: 25529290

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