Langer Roland, Thanner Mirjam
Department of Medical Sciences, Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein, 9495 Triesen, Liechtenstein.
Kantonsspital St. Gallen, 9007 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2022 Apr 25;10(3):51. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy10030051.
Seasonal influenza vaccination rates among European countries remain low despite the World Health Organization's recommendations to vaccinate high-risk groups. Healthcare worker recommendations are strong predictors of increased vaccination uptake in the population. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze seasonal influenza vaccination recommendation behavior among pharmacists towards high-risk groups including patients, coworkers, and pharmacists' family members during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based research was conducted in Switzerland during the flu season and sent to all members of the Swiss Pharmacist Association. In December 2020, 569 community pharmacists completed the online survey. The influenza vaccination recommendation rates for high-risk patients were 93.6% for the elderly, 70.7% for pregnant women, 65.2% for immunocompromised people, and 60.3% for patients with chronic diseases. Pharmacists tend to recommend influenza immunization to patients more than to family members and colleagues. Holding a certification to administer immunization and personal influenza vaccine history were the main predictors for recommending influenza vaccination to patients, family members, and colleagues. Our results indicated that influenza vaccination recommendation rates in our whole sample of pharmacists, were higher for vaccinated and immunizing pharmacists. Ensuring high vaccinations rates and high ratio of immunizing pharmacists may be important in promoting seasonal influenza vaccination in the general population.
尽管世界卫生组织建议对高危人群进行季节性流感疫苗接种，但欧洲国家的接种率仍然很低。医护人员的建议是提高人群疫苗接种率的有力预测指标。因此，本研究旨在分析在新冠疫情期间药剂师对包括患者、同事和药剂师家庭成员在内的高危人群的季节性流感疫苗接种建议行为。这项基于问卷调查的横断面研究于流感季节在瑞士进行，并发送给瑞士药剂师协会的所有成员。2020年12月，569名社区药剂师完成了在线调查。高危患者的流感疫苗接种建议率为：老年人93.6%，孕妇70.7%，免疫功能低下者65.2%，慢性病患者60.3%。药剂师向患者推荐流感疫苗接种的倾向高于向家庭成员和同事推荐。持有免疫接种证书和个人流感疫苗接种史是向患者、家庭成员和同事推荐流感疫苗接种的主要预测因素。我们的结果表明，在我们的药剂师全样本中，接种过疫苗和正在进行免疫接种的药剂师的流感疫苗接种建议率更高。确保高接种率和高比例的免疫接种药剂师可能对促进普通人群的季节性流感疫苗接种很重要。
