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ArticleVaccines2022

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

Georgios Marinos, Dimitrios Lamprinos, Panagiotis Georgakopoulos, Evangelos Oikonomou, Georgios Zoumpoulis, Gerasimos Siasos, Dimitrios Schizas, Christos Damaskos, Nikolaos Garmpis, Anna Garmpi and 8 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Georgios MarinosDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios LamprinosEmergency Department, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1512-9301
Panagiotis GeorgakopoulosEmergency Department, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1932-0904
Evangelos OikonomouThird Department of Cardiology, Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-0599
Georgios ZoumpoulisEmergency Department, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Gerasimos SiasosThird Department of Cardiology, Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios SchizasFirst Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7046-0112
Christos DamaskosN.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5454-2564
Nikolaos GarmpisSecond Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9980-0056
Anna GarmpiFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
George PatoulisAthens's Medical Association, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Fotios PatsourakosAthens's Medical Association, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis DatserisAthens's Medical Association, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Efstathios TsoukalosAthens's Medical Association, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis D AnyfantisEuropean Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Prevention and Research Unit, 48003 Bilbao, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2134-8287
Dimitrios PapagiannisPublic Health & Vaccines Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6123-559X
Emmanouil K SymvoulakisClinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71500 Heraklion, Greece.
Georgios RachiotisDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41222 Lariss, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAthens Medical Center · GRLaiko General Hospital of Athens · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GREuropean Agency for Safety and Health at Work · ESUniversity of Crete · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

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COVID-19health care workersinfluenzaphysiciansvaccination

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PMID35632553
PMCPMC9148125
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