Table 2.
Characteristics (categorical variables) of the staff (N = 711): total sample and reported influenza vaccination uptake in 2016–2017, 2017–2018 seasons and intention to vaccinate in 2018–2019.
| Variables | Total Sample | Reported Influenza Vaccination Uptake (Row Percentage) * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | %# | Always Gets Vaccinated N = 68; 9.6%) |
Sometimes Gets Vaccinated (N = 199; 28%) |
Never Gets Vaccinated (N = 441; 62.1%) |
P-Value (Chi2 Test) |
|
| Sex | ||||||
| Males | 106 | 14.9 | 11.3 | 32.1 | 56.6 | 0.406 |
| Females | 569 | 80.1 | 9 | 27.6 | 63.4 | |
| Mother Language | ||||||
| Italian | 585 | 82.4 | 9.6 | 27.1 | 63.4 | 0.329 |
| Others | 64 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 32.8 | 62.5 | |
| Educational level | ||||||
| Less than high school diploma | 180 | 25.4 | 11.1 | 26.1 | 62.8 | 0.884 |
| High school degree | 308 | 43.3 | 8.4 | 28.6 | 63 | |
| Bachelor’s degree and higher | 183 | 25.8 | 9.8 | 26.8 | 63.4 | |
| Qualification | ||||||
| Nurses | 93 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 32.3 | 54.8 | 0.407 |
| Physiotherapists | 37 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 18.9 | 73 | |
| Assistants/aides | 364 | 51.3 | 7.7 | 29.5 | 62.8 | |
| Health educators | 25 | 3.5 | 20 | 16 | 64 | |
| Other clinical staff | 40 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 27.5 | 65 | |
| Cleaning staff | 45 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 31.1 | 60 | |
| Other nonclinical staff | 60 | 8.5 | 15 | 25 | 60 | |
| Living with ° | ||||||
| Children of less than 9 years | 142 | 20 | 8.5 | 28.9 | 62.7 | 0.742 |
| Elderly people | 137 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 31.6 | 53.7 | 0.014 |
| People with chronic diseases | 74 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 35.1 | 52.7 | 0.109 |
| At least one of the previously listed condition | 288 | 40.6 | 11.8 | 32.2 | 56.1 | 0.017 |
| Suffering from ° | ||||||
| Cardiovascular chronic diseases | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.581 |
| Respiratory chronic diseases | 53 | 7.5 | 15.1 | 30.2 | 54.7 | 0.294 |
| Renal chronic diseases | 5 | 0.7 | 60 | 0 | 40 | 0.001 |
| Diabetes | 13 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 76.9 | 0.599 |
| Autoimmune diseases | 43 | 6 | 9.3 | 44.2 | 46.5 | 0.028 |
| At least one of the previously listed disease | 106 | 14.9 | 11.3 | 34 | 54.7 | 0.142 |
| Health literacy level (IMETER adjusted-score) | ||||||
| Low HL | 194 | 27.3 | 11.9 | 31.6 | 56.5 | 0.176 |
| Marginal HL | 430 | 60.6 | 34 | 26.6 | 65.5 | |
| Functional HL | 86 | 12.1 | 11 | 27.9 | 59.3 | |
| Reported influenza vaccine uptake | ||||||
| 2016–2017 | 114 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017–2018 | 118 | 16.6 | - | - | - | |
| Intention to vaccine uptake in 2018–2019 | 202 | 28.4 | - | - | - | |
| Vaccine uptake in 2016–2017, 2017–2018 and intention to vaccinate in 2018–2019 | 68 | 9.6 | - | - | - | |
# for “sex”, “mother tongue”, “educational level”, and “qualification”, the sum of the percent value by categories is lower than 100 % due to missing. ° For each condition, the missing value varied from 11% to 18%. * Two missing. IMETER= Italian Medical Term Recognition.