Acceptance of seasonal influenza vaccination among Slovenian physicians, 2016

Characteristic		All		Vaccinated regularly or occasionally against seasonal influenza		OR	95% CI	p
	N	%	N	%	95% CI
All	894	100.0	679	75.9	73.1–78.7
Gender
Male	253	28.6	190	75.1	69.7–80.5	1		0.649
Female	632	71.4	483	76.5	73.2–79.9	1.08	0.77–1.52
Age (years)
25–34	305	34.9	239	78.4	73.7–83.0	1		0.605
35–44	187	21.4	138	73.8	67.4–80.2	0.78	0.51–1.20
45–54	166	18.0	123	74.5	67.8–81.3	0.81	0.52–1.26
55–64	150	17.2	112	74.7	67.6–81.7	0.81	0.51–1.29
≥65	65	7.4	52	81.2	71.4–91.1	1.20	0.60–2.37
Health region
Celje	80	9.0	59	73.7	63.9–83.6	0.22	0.04–1.03	0.092
Koper	60	6.8	48	80.0	69.6–90.4	0.31	0.06–1.53
Kranj	67	7.5	56	84.8	76.0–93.7	0.43	0.09–2.15
Ljubljana	386	43.5	290	75.3	71.0–79.6	0.23	0.05–1.02
Maribor	122	13.7	87	71.3	63.2–79.4	0.19	0.04–0.89
MurskaSobota	35	3.9	31	88.6	77.5–100.0	0.60	0.10–3.59
Nova Gorica	47	5.3	33	70.2	56.6–83.8	0.18	0.03–0.93
Novo mesto	62	7.0	45	73.8	62.4–85.1	0.22	0.04–1.10
Ravne	28	3.2	26	93.0	82.7–100.0	1
Place of work – size
<2,000 inhabitants	28	3.1	19	67.7	49.4–86.3	1		0.720
2,000–10,000 inhabitants	171	19.3	133	77.8	71.5–84.1	1.66	0.69–3.98
10,000–100,000 inhabitants	291	32.8	219	75.8	70.8–80.7	1.48	0.64–3.43
>100,000 inhabitants	398	44.8	303	76.3	72.1–80.5	1.53	0.67–3.49
Area of work
Family/general medicine	207	23.5	155	74.9	68.9–80.8	1.19	0.81	0.002
Paediatrics/school medicine	158	17.9	131	83.4	77.6–89.3	2.01	–1.79
Internal med./infectious diseases	95	10.8	82	86.3	79.3–93.3	2.52	1.25–3.24
Other	421	47.8	300	71.4	68.1–75.8	1	1.35–4.73
Level of healthcare
Primary	363	42.3	275	75.8	71.3–80.2	1		0.438
Secondary	255	29.7	189	74.4	69.0–79.8	0.93	0.64–1.35
Tertiary	241	28.1	190	79.2	74.0–84.3	1.22	0.82–1.80
Had side effects after previous vaccination
No	670	75.9	504	75.6	72.3–78.8	1		0.670
Yes	213	24.1	164	77.0	71.3–82.7	1.08	0.74–1.59

Seasonal influenza vaccination status according to attitudes and beliefs toward vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases, Slovenian physicians, 2016.

	All			Vaccinated regularly or occasionally against seasonal influenza		p
	N	%	N	%	95% CI
I fully trust professional recommendations regarding vaccination.
agree	825	93.6	650	78.8	76.0–81.6	<0.001
undecided	33	4.1	17	51.5	33.5–69.5
disagree	23	2.6	3	13.0	0.0–28.0
I fully trust in vaccination and vaccines.
agree	804	91.3	640	79.6	76.8–82.4	<0.001
undecided	49	5.6	27	55.1	40.7–69.5
disagree	28	3.2	4	14.3	0.5–28.1
By vaccinating the majority, we significantly contribute to the protection of those who cannot be vaccinated.
agree	839	95.4	660	78.7	75.9–81.4	<0.001
undecided	21	2.4	2	9.5	0.0–23.2
disagree	19	2.2	6	31.6	8.5–54.6
It’s far better to overcome the disease naturally than to be vaccinated.
agree	44	5.0	19	43.2	27.9–58.4	<0.001
undecided	96	10.8	56	58.3	48.3–68.4
disagree	745	84.2	598	80.3	77.4–83.1
Because of the way the vaccine works, they will never be completely safe.
agree	409	46.3	297	72.6	68.3–76.9	0.001
undecided	139	15.7	97	69.8	62.0–77.5
disagree	336	38.0	278	82.7	78.7–86.8
I’m afraid of vaccination because I’m afraid of the side effects of vaccines.
agree	59	6.7	29	49.1	36.0–62.3	<0.001
undecided	75	8.6	38	50.7	39.0–62.2
disagree	743	84.7	600	80.7	77.9–83.6
Vaccination poses a higher risk to the health of the vaccinated person than a disease that can be prevented by vaccination.
agree	22	2.5	6	27.3	7.1–47.5	<0.001
undecided	27	3.1	9	33.3	14.3–52.3
disagree	836	94.5	657	78.6	75.8–81.4
It is very important that all healthcare workers are regularly vaccinated against influenza.
agree	588	66.6	548	93.2	91.1–95.2	<0.001
undecided	152	17.2	72	47.4	39.3–55.4
disagree	143	16.2	51	35.7	27.7–43.6
The influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the decision-making bodies on vaccines is very high in Slovenia.
agree	129	14.6	66	51.2	42.4–59.9	<0.001
undecided	296	33.4	214	72.3	67.7–77.4
disagree	460	52.0	393	85.4	82.2–88.7

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Acceptance of seasonal influenza vaccination among Slovenian physicians, 2016

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Jan 21, 2019

Page range: 47 - 53

Received: May 28, 2018

Accepted: Jan 07, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2019-0006

Keywords
influenza, vaccinations, physicians, Slovenia

© 2019 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Seasonal influenza vaccination status according to demographic characteristics and history of side effects after vaccination, Slovenian physicians, 2016.

Seasonal influenza vaccination status according to attitudes and beliefs toward vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases, Slovenian physicians, 2016.

Acceptance of seasonal influenza vaccination among Slovenian physicians, 2016

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Jan 21, 2019

Page range: 47 - 53

Received: May 28, 2018

Accepted: Jan 07, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2019-0006

Keywordsinfluenza, vaccinations, physicians, Slovenia

© 2019 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Seasonal influenza vaccination status according to demographic characteristics and history of side effects after vaccination, Slovenian physicians, 2016.

Seasonal influenza vaccination status according to attitudes and beliefs toward vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases, Slovenian physicians, 2016.

Keywords
influenza, vaccinations, physicians, Slovenia