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Article

Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

by
Georgios Marinos
1,*,
Dimitrios Lamprinos
2,
Panagiotis Georgakopoulos
2,
Evangelos Oikonomou
3,4,
Georgios Zoumpoulis
2,
Gerasimos Siasos
3,
Dimitrios Schizas
5,
Christos Damaskos
6,
Nikolaos Garmpis
7,
Anna Garmpi
8,
George Patoulis
9,
Fotios Patsourakos
9,
Ioannis Datseris
9,
Efstathios Tsoukalos
9,
Ioannis D. Anyfantis
10,
Dimitrios Papagiannis
11,
Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis
12 and
Georgios Rachiotis
13
1
Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
2
Emergency Department, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece
3
Third Department of Cardiology, Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
4
First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
5
First Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
6
N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
7
Second Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
8
First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
9
Athens’s Medical Association, 11527 Athens, Greece
10
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Prevention and Research Unit, 48003 Bilbao, Spain
11
Public Health & Vaccines Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece
12
Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71500 Heraklion, Greece
13
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41222 Lariss, Greece
 
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Vaccines 2022, 10(5), 797; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797
Submission received: 28 March 2022 / Revised: 6 May 2022 / Accepted: 9 May 2022 / Published: 18 May 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Epidemiology, Vaccination and Public Health)
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Abstract

Healthcare workers are at high risk of influenza virus infection as well as of transmitting the infection to vulnerable patients who may be at high risk of severe illness. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence and related factors of influenza vaccination coverage (2020–2021flu season), among members of the Athens Medical Association in Greece. This survey employed secondary analysis data from a questionnaire-based dataset on COVID-19 vaccination coverage and associated factors from surveyed doctors, registered within the largest medical association in Greece. All members were invited to participate in the anonymous online questionnaire-based survey over the period of 25 February to 13 March 2021. Finally, 1993 physicians (60% males; 40% females) participated in the study. Influenza vaccination coverage was estimated at 76%. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that older age (OR = 1.02; 95% C.I. = 1.01–1.03), history of COVID-19 vaccination (OR = 2.71; 95% C.I. = 2.07–3.56) and perception that vaccines in general are safe (OR = 16.49; 95% C.I. = 4.51–60.25) were found to be independently associated factors with the likelihood of influenza vaccination coverage. Public health authorities should maximize efforts and undertake additional actions in order to increase the percentage of physicians/health care workers (HCWs) being immunized against influenza. The current COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to focus on tailored initiatives and interventions aiming to improve the influenza vaccination coverage of HCWs in a spirit of synergy and cooperation.
Keywords: influenza; vaccination; physicians; health care workers; COVID-19 influenza; vaccination; physicians; health care workers; COVID-19

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Marinos, G.; Lamprinos, D.; Georgakopoulos, P.; Oikonomou, E.; Zoumpoulis, G.; Siasos, G.; Schizas, D.; Damaskos, C.; Garmpis, N.; Garmpi, A.; et al. Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic. Vaccines 2022, 10, 797. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797

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Marinos G, Lamprinos D, Georgakopoulos P, Oikonomou E, Zoumpoulis G, Siasos G, Schizas D, Damaskos C, Garmpis N, Garmpi A, et al. Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic. Vaccines. 2022; 10(5):797. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797

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Marinos, Georgios, Dimitrios Lamprinos, Panagiotis Georgakopoulos, Evangelos Oikonomou, Georgios Zoumpoulis, Gerasimos Siasos, Dimitrios Schizas, Christos Damaskos, Nikolaos Garmpis, Anna Garmpi, and et al. 2022. "Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic" Vaccines 10, no. 5: 797. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797

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Marinos, G., Lamprinos, D., Georgakopoulos, P., Oikonomou, E., Zoumpoulis, G., Siasos, G., Schizas, D., Damaskos, C., Garmpis, N., Garmpi, A., Patoulis, G., Patsourakos, F., Datseris, I., Tsoukalos, E., Anyfantis, I. D., Papagiannis, D., Symvoulakis, E. K., & Rachiotis, G. (2022). Increased Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Members of the Athens Medical Association Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic. Vaccines, 10(5), 797. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050797

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