Implementation of a program to improve influenza vaccination rates among medical students: a comparative study involving two university affiliated hospitals

Autor: Miguel Saro-Buendía, Ángel Marrero-Sánchez, Daniel García-Ruiz de Morales, Guillermo Chiara-Graciani, Jaime Coderch-Carretero, María Asunción Pérez-Jacoiste Asín, José Tiago Silva, Mario Fernández-Ruiz, Pilar Arrazola, José María Aguado, Francisco López-Medrano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 17, Iss 10, Pp 3662-3669 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2164-5515
2164-554X
21645515
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1920269
Popis: Background and objectives: Influenza vaccination rates among medical students (MSs) are below the standards recommended in hospitals where influenza vaccination is not mandatory. We carried out a comparative study in two Spanish university hospitals to reassert this fact and evaluated the impact on vaccination rates of a specific program aimed at promoting influenza vaccination among MSs. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed describing influenza vaccination rates and motivations for vaccination during the 2017/18 campaign among MSs in two hospitals affiliated to the same university. We subsequently performed a community-based intervention study during the 2018/19 campaign evaluating the impact of a strategy for promoting influenza vaccination, comparing the hospital where the intervention took place (hospital A) with the one where it did not take place (hospital B). Results: During de 2017/18 campaign the overall influenza vaccination rate was 44.8%, with no differences between hospitals A and B (difference: 3.9%; 95% CI: −4.36–12.16; p-value = .4). During the 2018/19 campaign, vaccination rate increased to 76.4% in hospital A, with significant differences compared with the previous campaign in the same hospital (29.8%; OR 5.00; 95% CI: 3.14–8.3; p-value = .0001) and with that observed in hospital B in the same campaign (21.1%; 95% CI: 13.38–28.82; p-value
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