Table 1.
Characteristics of surveyed HCWs and vaccination rates for seasonal and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza according to demographics and professional variables.
| Variable (%) | Total (n = 527) | Seasonal influenza |
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccination | No vaccination | Vaccination | No vaccination | ||
| Overall | 262 (49.7) | 265 (50.3) | 87 (16.5) | 440 (83.5) | |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| <30 | 76 (14.4) | 37 (48.7) | 39 (51.3) | 17 (22.3) | 59 (77.7) |
| 31–40 | 144 (27.3) | 63 (43.7) | 81 (56.3) | 26 (18.0) | 118 (82.0) |
| 41–50 | 165 (31.3) | 79 (47.9) | 86 (52.1) | 20 (12.1) | 145 (87.9) |
| >50 | 142 (26.9) | 83 (58.4) | 59 (41.6) | 24 (16.9) | 118 (83.1) |
| Gender* | |||||
| Male | 126 (23.9) | 80 (63.5) | 46 (36.5) | 35 (27.8) | 91 (72.2) |
| Female | 401 (76.1) | 182 (45.4) | 219 (54.6) | 52 (12.9) | 349 (87.1) |
| Regular patient contact* | 422 (80.1) | 196 (46.4) | 226 (53.6) | 70 (16.6) | 352 (83.4) |
| History of previous vaccinationa,* | 244 (46.3) | 203 (83.2) | 41 (16.8) | 63 (25.8) | 181 (74.2) |
| Professional category* | |||||
| Nursing assistant | 99 (18.8) | 35 (35.3) | 64 (64.7) | 8 (8.1) | 91 (91.9) |
| Nurse | 154 (29.2) | 55 (35.7) | 99 (64.3) | 6 (3.9) | 148 (96.1) |
| Staff physician | 88 (16.7) | 59 (67.1) | 29 (32.9) | 43 (48.9) | 45 (51.1) |
| Resident physician | 32 (6.1) | 31 (96.9) | 1 (3.1) | 14 (43.7) | 18 (56.3) |
| Ancillary staff | 154 (29.2) | 82 (53.2) | 72 (46.8) | 16 (10.4) | 138 (89.6) |
| Priority group for vaccination* | |||||
| Seasonal influenza | 84 (15.9) | 59 (70.2) | 25 (29.8) | 22 (26.2) | 62 (73.8) |
| Pandemic influenza | 74 (14.0) | 51 (68.9) | 23 (31.1) | 23 (31.1) | 51 (68.9) |
a
Refers to receipt of seasonal influenza vaccine during the 2008–2009 immunization campaign.
*
P-Value < 0.05 with the χ2 test.