Table 2.
Influenza vaccination uptake in 2016 and in 2013–2016, by collected variables.
| Variables | % influenza vaccinated in 2016 (N) | % influenza vaccinated in 2013–2016 (N) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | At least one year | Always | ||||
| Gender | Females | 36.4 (16) | 63.9 (28) | 13.6 (6) | 22.7 (10) | |
| Males | 33.3 (1) | 66.7 (2) | 33.3 (1) | 0 (0) | ||
| Country of Origin | European countries | 33.3 (10) | 70 (21) | 10 (3) | 20 (6) | |
| Others | 41.2 (7) | 52.9 (9) | 23.5 (4) | 23.5 (4) | ||
| Educational level | Middle school or lower | 28.6 (4) | 64.3 (9) | 14.3 (2) | 21.4 (3) | |
| High school or graduate | 39.4 (13) | 63.6 (21) | 15.2 (5) | 21.2 (7) | ||
| Domicile with the senior | Yes | 36.6 (14) | 63.4 (25) | 17.1 (7) | 19.5 (7) | |
| Level of comprehension of Italian language (for foreigners) | Low | 30 | 70 | 10 | 20 | |
| Medium | 25 | 70 | 10 | 20 | ||
| High | 50 | 56.3 | 18.8 | 25 | ||
| Health Literacy | High likelihood of limited HL or Possibility of limited HL | 37.8 (14) | 62.2 (23) | 16.2 (6) | 21.6 (8) | |
| High likelihood of adequate HL | 30 (3) | 70 (7) | 10 (1) | 20 (2) | ||
| Influenza vaccinated in 2015* | 100 (12) | – | – | – | ||
| Influenza vaccinated in 2014* | 90.9 (10) | – | – | – | ||
| Influenza vaccinated in 2013* | 90.9 (10) | – | – | – | ||
| Variables (Mean ± SD) | ||||||
| Age (years) | 51.5 ± 10.5 | 56.71 ± 6.8 | 51.47 ± 10.44 | 56.57 ± 6.80 | 56.9 ± 7.37 | |
| Years in Italy (for foreigners) | 10.63 ± 5.7 | 13.75 ± 5.8 | 10.47 ± 5.53 | 13.14 ± 5.11 | 14.78 ± 6.67 | |
| Years of schooling | 10.8 ± 4.3 | 12.12 ± 3.8 | 11.17 ± 4.08 | 12.14 ± 4.71 | 11 ± 4.29 | |
| NVS score | 1.8 ± 2.17 | 1.71 ± 1.90 | 1.9 ± 2.15 | 2 ± 2.08 | 1.2 ± 1.81 | |
*Fisher exact test<0.001 for both ‘% influenza vaccinated in 2016ʹ and ‘% influenza vaccinated in 2013–2016ʹ.