Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Vaccinations: A Cross-Sectional Study in Italy

Pelullo, Concetta Paola; Polla, Giorgia Della; Napolitano, Francesco; Giuseppe, Gabriella Di; Angelillo, Italo Francesco

doi:10.3390/vaccines8020148

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“…According to our experience, referring to PHPs, 57.1% of the study sample was aware of all recommended vaccinations for HCWs (with a higher degree of knowledge in northern regions than in southern regions), unlike some other Italian studies that included all HCWs and reported lower values [23,24].…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Several surveys have been carried out worldwide on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of HCWs in relation to vaccinations [23,38,39], but very few have specifically studied PHPs [22].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A sample of at least 968 enrolled individuals would have been required to investigate the selected variables in the PHPs population examined. The sample was calculated by a sample size calculator, based on the reference population of SItI members (N = 2030), and assuming a response proportion of 50% [23], a 99% confidence level and a 3% margin error.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Italy, several studies have been conducted on HCW vaccination coverage [18][19][20][21][22], but few studies have investigated the knowledge and risk perception of vaccinations [23][24][25][26], and to our best knowledge, none specifically addressed PHPs.…”

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Adherence to Vaccination Policy among Public Health Professionals: Results of a National Survey in Italy

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Starting from 2013, the number of unvaccinated people alarmingly increased in Italy; therefore, in 2017 a new Vaccine National Plan was approved. Healthcare workers (HCWs), especially public health professionals (PHPs, i.e., workers in in the sector of hygiene and preventive medicine), have an important role in informing and promoting vaccinations. In this context, the Italian Study Group of Hospital Hygiene of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (GISIO-SItI) conducted a national survey to assess knowledge, attitude, and practices towards recommended vaccinations among PHPs. The survey was conducted during October 2019 with an anonymous questionnaire distributed to PHPs attending the 52° SItI National Congress. Overall, 57.1% of operators answered correctly to all seven recommended vaccinations, 12.8% reported to be vaccinated for all seven recommended vaccinations, while 30% were naturally immunized. A higher immunization coverage was reported for anti-hepatitis B (88.9%) and measles (86.1%), and 81.3% of the participants reported being offered the influenza vaccination during the 2018/2019 season. The majority of our sample indicated that hepatitis B (95%) and influenza (93.7%) were the recommended vaccines for HCWs, while less was known regarding varicella, pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus boosters every 10 years. PHPs who were vaccinated (or who intended to be vaccinated) were more likely to recommend vaccinations to their patients and provided a reassuring example to those hesitant patients. Finally, this is the first study that identified good algorithms (using the techniques of machine learning as Random Forest and Deep Learning) to predict the knowledge of PHPs regarding recommended vaccinations with possible applications in other national and international contexts.

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“…Healthcare professionals, who handle the patients and their clinical specimens, are at increased risk of acquiring HBV infection. As recommended by the WHO's Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice study, a good knowledge of the HBV virus, attitude for control or prevention, and vaccination practices are the mainstay to prevent the infection in healthcare settings [5][6][7].…”

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Adequate Knowledge and Low Vaccination Rates of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Students, Medical, and Paramedical Persons in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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Awareness of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines in diabetic patients

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Demirhan

et al. 2021

J Diabetes Metab Disord

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Purpose In our study, it was aimed to evaluate the awareness of diabetic patients about vaccination status and vaccines. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2019 and February 2019. A survey questioning the level of knowledge about and vaccination status for influenza and pneumonia vaccines was applied by face-to-face interviews with patients with diabetes mellitus who admitted to the diabetes outpatient clinic. All results were evaluated with SPSS-20.0. Results A total of 202 patients [66 male (32.7%) and 136 female (67.3%) patients; with a mean age of 57.7 ± 11.3 years and mean duration of diabetes 10.7 ± 7.9 years] were recruited in the study. Majority of the patients (92.6%) were type 2 DM patients. 59.4% of the patients had never been vaccinated. The rate of those who had pneumonia vaccine was very low, only 14.7%. The vast majority of the patients had knowledge about vaccines and their most common source of information was nurses. 53% of patients believed that diabetic patients should be vaccinated regularly. 16.8% of the patients were reluctant to have the recommended vaccine. The factor with greatest impact on this was that they did not consider the vaccine necessary. 52.5% of the patients recommended to be vaccinated had the recommended vaccine. 26.4% of the patients who were not enthusiastic about the recommended vaccine had pneumococcal vaccine after being informed about the vaccine. Conclusion It was observed that the information given about vaccines positively affected the vaccination rate. The main barrier to vaccination was the lack of information about the need for influenza vaccination. Designing strategies and training programs for healthcare professionals and patients should be the main goal to improve vaccination coverage and vaccination rates.

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Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Vaccinations: A Cross-Sectional Study in Italy

Cited by 45 publications

References 28 publications

Adherence to Vaccination Policy among Public Health Professionals: Results of a National Survey in Italy

Adherence to Vaccination Policy among Public Health Professionals: Results of a National Survey in Italy

Adequate Knowledge and Low Vaccination Rates of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Students, Medical, and Paramedical Persons in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Awareness of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines in diabetic patients

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