Healthcare personnel’s attitude and coverage about tetanus vaccination in Turkey: a multicenter study

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic datas and tetanus vaccination coverage of health care personnels

Characteristics	Sample size, N	Tetanus vaccination coverage % (95% CI)
Total	10644	78.5 (77.7–79.3)
Age (years)
18–29	3243	70.2 (68.6–71.8)^a
30–39	3755	80.7 (79.5–82)
≥40	3646	83.5 (82.3–84.7)*
Sex
Male	3721	75.5 (74.1–76.9)*
Female	6923	80.1 (79.1–81)
Professional experience (years)
≤5	3878	71 (69.6–72.5)^b
6–10	2728	80.2 (78.7–81.7)
11–15	1740	83.8 (82–85.5)
≥16	2298	84.9 (83.4–86.3)*
Occupation groups
Physicians	3206	83.4 (82–84.6)*
Nurses	3397	82.3 (81–83.5)
Auxiliary health personal and technicians	924	74.8 (71.9–77.5)^c
Medicine or nursing students	1010	68.9 (66–71.7)^c
Non-clinical personnel	2107	71.1 (69.1–73)^c
Working institution
University hospital or Education and research hospital	6189	78.5 (77.5–79.5)*
Public or private hospital	3629	77.3 (75.9–78.6)
Family health center or public health center.	826	83.3 (80.6–85.7)

Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < .01).

*Reference level.

^ap < .01 by chi-square test for comparisons within age with more than 40 years as the reference level.

^bp < .01 by chi-square test for comparisons within occupational with ≥16 years in professional experience as the reference level.

^cp < .01 by chi-square test for comparisons within occupation with physician as the reference level.

Table 2. Receiving time and the reasons for receiving the last tetanus vaccination

Receiving time	N	%
Within the past 10 years	6101	73.0
1 year	1255	15.0
2–5 years	2732	32.7
6–10 years	2114	25.3
More than past 10 years	1270	15.2
Not remember	982	11.8
Reasons
Acute Injury^a	2124	25.4
Pregnancy	1995	23.9
During the training period	1351	16.2
Self-vaccination for prevention	1098	13.1
Not answered	427	5.1
During military service period	359	4.3
Admission time to work	337	4.0
Together with rabies vaccine	171	2.0
Others	491	5.9

^aPercutaneous or mucosal injury and traffic accident.

Figure 1. The rates of tetanus vaccination coverage according to the geographic locations of the health care personnels in Turkey.