Table 3.
Impact of influenza-like illness among households of oncohematological children.
| Households of oncohematological patients not vaccinated against influenza (n = 344) |
Households of healthy controls not vaccinated against influenza (n = 346) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Off therapy <6 months (n = 169) | Off therapy 6–24 months (n = 175) | ||
| N with at least one ILI (%) | 90 (53.3)a,c | 63 (36.0) | 116 (33.5) |
| Mean n of ILIs ± SD | 0.82 ± 0.37b,d | 0.40 ± 1.03 | 0.36 ± 1.16 |
| N requiring medical visits (%) | 82 (48.5)a,c | 46 (26.3) | 85 (24.6) |
| N requiring antibiotic courses (%) | 69 (40.8)a,c | 20 (11.4) | 31 (8.9) |
| N requiring hospitalisations (%) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) |
| Mean n of working days lost by mother ± SD | 14.47 ± 4.10b,c | 7.02 ± 1.82d | 4.36 ± 2.76 |
| Mean n of working days lost by father ± SD | 3.04 ± 1.16b,d | 0.46 ± 0.69 | 0.36 ± 0.61 |
| Mean n of school days lost by siblings ± SD | 3.43 ± 0.98b,d | 0.76 ± 0.91 | 0.58 ± 1.07 |
ILI, influenza-like illness; SD, standard deviation; ap < 0.0001 and bp < 0.05 vs oncohematological patients off therapy for 6–24 months; cp < 0.0001 and dp < 0.05 vs healthy controls.