Ane Antón-Ladislao1, Susana García-Gutiérrez1, Núria Soldevila2, Fernando González-Candelas3, Pere Godoy4, Jesús Castilla5, José María Mayoral6, Jenaro Astray7, Vicente Martín8, Sonia Tamames9, Diana Toledo10, Urko Aguirre1, Angela Domínguez10. 1. Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Osakidetza), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain; Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain. 2. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: nuriasolde@gmail.com. 3. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Unidad Mixta Genómica y Salud FISABIO-Salud Pública, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. 4. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. 5. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. 6. Servicio de Vigilancia de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain. 7. Área de Epidemiología, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 8. Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad de León, León, Spain. 9. Dirección General de Salud Pública, Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Junta de Castilla y León, León, Spain. 10. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Departament de Salut Pública, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To characterize groups of primary healthcare physicians according to sociodemographic data, years of professional experience and knowledge of and attitudes to influenza, and to evaluate differences between groups with respect to influenza vaccination in the 2011-2012 season. METHODS: We carried out an anonymous web survey of Spanish primary healthcare physicians in 2012. Information on vaccination, and knowledge of and attitudes to influenza was collected. Multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were used to define groups of physicians. RESULTS: We included 835 physicians and identified three types. Type B were physicians with low professional experience of influenza. Types A and C were physicians with high professional experience with influenza, type A also had a high awareness of influenza and seasonal vaccination. Types A and C were older and more often male than type B (p<0.0001). Knowledge of influenza was greatest in type A and lowest in type B. Awareness of influenza was greatest in type A and lowest in type C. In type A, 71.0% of physicians were vaccinated in the 2011-2012 season, compared with 48.1% and 33.6% from types B and C, respectively (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Additional efforts should be made to increase interest and concerns about preventing the transmission of influenza in physicians who do not believe influenza is a severe disease and are not concerned about its transmission.
PURPOSE: To characterize groups of primary healthcare physicians according to sociodemographic data, years of professional experience and knowledge of and attitudes to influenza, and to evaluate differences between groups with respect to influenza vaccination in the 2011-2012 season. METHODS: We carried out an anonymous web survey of Spanish primary healthcare physicians in 2012. Information on vaccination, and knowledge of and attitudes to influenza was collected. Multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were used to define groups of physicians. RESULTS: We included 835 physicians and identified three types. Type B were physicians with low professional experience of influenza. Types A and C were physicians with high professional experience with influenza, type A also had a high awareness of influenza and seasonal vaccination. Types A and C were older and more often male than type B (p<0.0001). Knowledge of influenza was greatest in type A and lowest in type B. Awareness of influenza was greatest in type A and lowest in type C. In type A, 71.0% of physicians were vaccinated in the 2011-2012 season, compared with 48.1% and 33.6% from types B and C, respectively (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Additional efforts should be made to increase interest and concerns about preventing the transmission of influenza in physicians who do not believe influenza is a severe disease and are not concerned about its transmission.
Authors: Francesco Napolitano; Monica Navaro; Luigi Vezzosi; Gabriella Santagati; Italo Francesco Angelillo Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-03-29 Impact factor: 3.240