Low vaccination coverage among italian healthcare workers in 2013

Figures & data

Table 1. Apulian HCWs’ characteristics. Italy, 2009–2011

	N	%
Sex
Female	1487	67.7
Age (y)
≥ median age	1089	49.5
Duration of professional career (y)
≥ median	970	44.1
Job assignment
Nurse	1433	65.2
Physician	496	22.6
Other healthcare worker	269	12.2
Department
Medicine	1302	59.2
Surgery	392	17.8
Intensive care	477	21.7
Other services	7	0.3
No reply	20	0.9

Table 2. Determinants of vaccination for influenza (A), hepatitis B (B), measles, mumps, rubella (C), varicella (D), and Td booster (E) in Apulian HCWs. Italy, 2009–2011

A			Influenza vaccination
			(n = 546)
			N	%	OR (95% CI)	chi2	P value
Sex
	Female		330	60.4	1.5 (1.2–1.9)	17.3	0.0000
Age (y)
	≥ median age		319	58.4	1.5 (1.2–1.8)	14.5	0.0000
Duration of professional career (y)
	≥ median	357		65.4	1.4 (1.2–1.8)	12.2	0.0005
Vaccination proposal
	OHP	317		58.1	1.8 (1.5–2.2)	34.2	0.0000
	GP	88		16.1	2.3 (1.7–3.2)	34.3	0.0000
B		Hepatitis B vaccination
		(n = 1,541)
		N		%	OR (95% CI)	chi2	P value
Sex
	Female	1,057		68.6	0.9 (0.8–1.1)	2.1	0.1493
Age (y)
	≥ median age	696		45.2	0.4 (0.3–0.5)	79.3	0.0000
Duration of professional career (y)
	≥ median	823		53.4	0.4 (0.3–0.5)	66.9	0.0000
Vaccination proposal
	OHP	824		53.5	4.9 (3.9–6.3)	226.8	0.0000
	GP	50		3.2	4.4 (1.7–14.1)	11.6	0.0006
	Public health service	273		17.7	7.2 (4.5–12.3)	87.9	0.0000
C		MMR vaccination
		(n = 214)
		N		%	OR (95% CI)	chi2	P value
Sex
	Female	155		72.4	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	2.5	0.1158
Age (y)
	≥ median age	51		23.8	0.3 (0.2–0.4)	71.9	0.0000
Duration of professional career (y)
	≥ median	72		33.6	0.3 (0.2–0.4)	63.0	0.0000
Vaccination proposal
	OHP	16		7.5	8.8 (4.1–18.6)	54.7	0.0000
	GP	21		9.8	16.5 (7.7–36.4)	106.4	0.0000
	Public health service	50		23.4	54.7 (27.3–118.2)	372.5	0.0000
D		Varicella vaccination
		(n = 80)
		N		%	OR (95% CI)	chi2	P value
Sex
	Female	44		55.0	1.7 (1.1–2.8)	6.1	0.0137
Age (y)
	≥ median age	27		33.7	0.5 (0.3–0.8)	10.3	0.0013
Duration of professional career (y)
	≥ median	41		51.2	0.7 (0.4–1.2)	2.1	0.1506
Vaccination proposal
	OHP	17		21.2	43.7 (18.9–101.7)	243.8	0.0000
	GP	7		8.8	22.5 (6.9–69.6)	73.9	0.0000
	Public health service	17		21.2	63.2 (25.3–166.1)	286.0	0.0000
E		Td booster
		(n = 341)
		N		%	OR (95% CI)	chi2	P value
Sex
	Female	194		56.9	1.7 (1.4–2.2)	21.4	0.0000
Age (y)
	≥ median age	150		43.9	0.7 (0.5–0.9)	8.8	0.0030
Duration of professional career (y)
	≥ median	172		50.4	0.7 (0.5–0.8)	12.2	0.0005
Vaccination proposal
	OHP	117		34.3	50.5 (30.1–88.3)	549.9	0.0000
	GP	19		5.6	8.4 (3.9–18.6)	47.7	0.0000
	Public health service	49		14.4	22.1 (11.8–43.8)	191.8	0.0000

Figure 1. Vaccination coverage in Apulian HCWs, by job assignment. Italy, 2009–2011.

Figure 2. Vaccination coverage in Apulian HCWs, by department of service. Italy, 2009–2011.