Omar, Rosidah and Said, Mas Ayu and Aghamohammadi, Nasrin (2020) Factors associated with influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare worker in tertiary hospitals in Perak, Malaysia. ASM Science Journal, 13 (Sp.5). pp. 130-141. ISSN 1823-6782,
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Influenza is the leading cause of respiratory illness worldwide. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of infection and can easily spread the disease. Influenza vaccination is an important preventive action to stop the transmission of this disease. However, the uptake among HCWs remains low. Therefore, this study aims to measure the prevalence of influenza vaccination and to determine the factors associated with influenza vaccination uptake among HCWs in tertiary hospitals in Perak, Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was carried out in two specialist hospitals in Perak. It involved 775 nurses and assistant medical officers who were selected using simple random sampling. The study used a self-administered questionnaire that contained a section on sociodemographic characteristics, the knowledge, behavior and health literacy questionnaire and a section on the uptake of the influenza vaccination of 2016/2017. The prevalence of influenza vaccination uptake was 25.5%. A multivariate logistic regression showed that the factors associated with influenza vaccination were increasing age (OR 1.04; 95% CI 1.01,1.08); working in an emergency department (OR 7.20; 95% CI 1.45,35.69) or obstetrics & gynaecology department (OR 0.17; 95% CI 0.04,0.85) compared to other departments; working as a community nurse compared to an assistant medical officer (OR 8.48; 95% CI 1.33,54.0); and higher influenza knowledge (OR 1.19; 95% CI 0.99,1.42). In conclusion, influenza vaccination coverage was found to be low. The above-identified factors inform future vaccination campaigns and the development of targeted intervention programmes to increase influenza vaccination uptake. © 2020, Akademi Sains Malaysia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Healthcare worker; Influenza; Prevalence; Vaccination |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2020 08:36 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2020 08:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25456 |
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