Galanis Petros, Katsiroumpa Aglaia, Vraka Irene, Siskou Olga, Konstantakopoulou Olympia, Katsoulas Theodoros, Kaitelidou Daphne
Clinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Department of Radiology, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jan 11;11(1):159. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11010159.
Seasonal influenza continues to be a significant public health issue causing hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. Nurses are a priority risk group for influenza vaccination and a high vaccine uptake rate among them is crucial to protect public health. Thus, the aim of our study was to estimate the levels of influenza vaccine acceptance, as well as its determinants, among nurses for the 2022/2023 season. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a convenience sample in Greece. We collected data via an online survey in September 2022. Most of the nurses in the study possessed a MSc/PhD diploma (56.2%) and had previously been infected by SARS-CoV-2 (70.3%). Among nurses, 57.3% were willing to accept the influenza vaccine, 19% were hesitant, and 23.7% were unwilling. Older age, higher levels of perceived support from significant others, and higher COVID-19-related physical exhaustion were positively related to influenza vaccination intention. In contrast, more side effects because of COVID-19 vaccination and higher levels of exhaustion due to measures taken against COVID-19 were negatively associated with vaccination intention. Since the influenza vaccination acceptance rate among nurses was moderate, policymakers should develop and implement measures tailored specifically to nurses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic to decrease vaccine hesitancy.
季节性流感仍然是一个重大的公共卫生问题，每年导致数十万人死亡。护士是流感疫苗接种的重点风险群体，他们的高疫苗接种率对于保护公众健康至关重要。因此，我们研究的目的是估计2022/2023季节护士中流感疫苗的接受程度及其决定因素。我们在希腊进行了一项采用便利抽样的横断面研究。我们于2022年9月通过在线调查收集数据。研究中的大多数护士拥有硕士/博士学位（56.2%），并且之前感染过SARS-CoV-2（70.3%）。在护士中，57.3%愿意接受流感疫苗，19%持犹豫态度，23.7%不愿意接受。年龄较大、从重要他人那里获得的感知支持水平较高以及与COVID-19相关的身体疲惫程度较高与流感疫苗接种意愿呈正相关。相比之下，COVID-19疫苗接种带来的更多副作用以及因应对COVID-19采取的措施导致的更高疲惫程度与接种意愿呈负相关。由于护士中流感疫苗的接受率处于中等水平，政策制定者应在COVID-19大流行背景下制定并实施专门针对护士的措施，以减少疫苗犹豫情绪。
