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Article

Vaccine Coverage against Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in Health Sciences Students during COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

by
María Julia Ajejas Bazán
1,2,3,*,
Ramón Del Gallego-Lastra
1,4,
Cristina Maria Alves Marques-Vieira
5,
Candelas López-López
1,3,6,7,
Silvia Domínguez-Fernández
3,8,
Milagros Rico-Blázquez
1,3,9 and
Francisco Javier Pérez-Rivas
1,3
1
Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2
Academia Central de la Defensa, Escuela Militar de Sanidad, Ministerio de Defensa, 28040 Madrid, Spain
3
Grupo de Investigación UCM “Salud Pública-Estilos de Vida, Metodología Enfermera y Cuidados en el Entorno Comunitario”, Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
4
Grupo de Investigación UCM “Humanidades, Ciencia y Salud”, Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28035 Madrid, Spain
5
Center Interdisciplinary Research in Health (CIIS), Nursing School (Lisbon), Institute of Health Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 1649-023 Lisbon, Portugal
6
Department of Intensive Care, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain
7
Grupo de Investigación en Cuidados (InveCuid), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12), 28041 Madrid, Spain
8
Centro Municipal de Salud Comunitaria Centro, Madrid Salud, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, 28013 Madrid, Spain
9
Unidad de Investigación de la Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria, Servicio Madrileño de la Salud, 28035 Madrid, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Vaccines 2022, 10(2), 159; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020159
Submission received: 31 December 2021 / Revised: 16 January 2022 / Accepted: 18 January 2022 / Published: 21 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination and Compliance/Hesitancy)
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Abstract

Vaccination against influenza and SARS-CoV-2 is recommended in health sciences students to reduce the risk of acquiring these diseases and transmitting them to patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate how the pandemic influenced the modification of influenza vaccination coverage during the 2019/2020 and 2021/2022 campaigns and to analyze the vaccination coverage against SARS-CoV-2 in health sciences students. A cross-sectional study was conducted among students of the Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry of the Complutense University of Madrid. A questionnaire was administered in two stages, the first, Q1, before the start of the pandemic, where we analyzed influenza coverage during the 2019/2020 campaign and a second, Q2, 18 months after the start of the pandemic where we analyzed influenza coverage during the 2021/2022 campaign and coverage against SARS-CoV-2. A total of 1894 students (58.78% of the total of those enrolled) participated. Flu vaccination coverage increased from 26.7% in Q1 to 35.0% in Q2 (p < 0.05), being higher in the age group older than 21 years, who studied nursing, were in their fourth year and lived with people at risk. Vaccination coverage against SARS-CoV-2 was very high (97.8%), especially in students vaccinated against influenza. Coverage of the influenza vaccine in health sciences students increased from 2019–2020 to 2021–2022, being higher in the age group older than 21 years, who studied nursing, were in their first and fourth year and lived with people at risk. Coverage of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in health sciences students was very high, especially in those vaccinated against influenza.
Keywords: COVID-19 vaccines; vaccination coverage; influenza vaccines; students; health occupation COVID-19 vaccines; vaccination coverage; influenza vaccines; students; health occupation

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Ajejas Bazán, M.J.; Del Gallego-Lastra, R.; Marques-Vieira, C.M.A.; López-López, C.; Domínguez-Fernández, S.; Rico-Blázquez, M.; Pérez-Rivas, F.J. Vaccine Coverage against Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in Health Sciences Students during COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain. Vaccines 2022, 10, 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020159

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Ajejas Bazán MJ, Del Gallego-Lastra R, Marques-Vieira CMA, López-López C, Domínguez-Fernández S, Rico-Blázquez M, Pérez-Rivas FJ. Vaccine Coverage against Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in Health Sciences Students during COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain. Vaccines. 2022; 10(2):159. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020159

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Ajejas Bazán, María Julia, Ramón Del Gallego-Lastra, Cristina Maria Alves Marques-Vieira, Candelas López-López, Silvia Domínguez-Fernández, Milagros Rico-Blázquez, and Francisco Javier Pérez-Rivas. 2022. "Vaccine Coverage against Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in Health Sciences Students during COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain" Vaccines 10, no. 2: 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020159

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Ajejas Bazán, M. J., Del Gallego-Lastra, R., Marques-Vieira, C. M. A., López-López, C., Domínguez-Fernández, S., Rico-Blázquez, M., & Pérez-Rivas, F. J. (2022). Vaccine Coverage against Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in Health Sciences Students during COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain. Vaccines, 10(2), 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020159

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