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Objective@#To evaluate the current status and related factors of influenza vaccination among health care workers (HCWs) in tertiary hospitals of Xining city after the implementation of the free influenza vaccination policy.@*Methods@#In August 2018, the cluster sampling method was used to select four medical institutions in Xining that had previously conducted investigations and interventions. All HCWs(excluding logistic staff) in each medical institution were included in the study. A total of 3 260 valid respondents were included. Questionnaires were used to collect the demographic characteristics, influenza and influenza vaccination awareness, implementation of free policy in the influenza epidemic season from 2017 to 2018, influenza vaccination status, awareness of influenza vaccination schedule and free policy. The multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze related factors of influenza vaccination.@*Results@#The age of respondents was (31.41±5.00) years. The influenza vaccination rate was 6.80% (226/3 260) in 2017-2018 influenza epidemic season. After controlling for related factors, the awareness of the influenza vaccination schedule (OR=17.05, 95%CI: 5.86-49.59), vaccination frequency (OR=8.22, 95%CI: 2.98-22.61) and the free policy (OR=3.15, 95%CI: 1.49-6.67) had higher vaccination rate.@*Conclusion@#The influenza vaccination rate of HCWs in tertiary hospitals of Xining city was low. Increasing the awareness of the vaccination schedule, frequency and free policy may promote the influenza vaccination rate of HCWs.
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Objective To investigate the influenza vaccination and its influencing factors among the clinical staff in Xining,Qinghai province,in the 2016-2017 influenza season,and to explore the promoting strategies to encourage the target population for influenza vaccination.Methods Four sample hospitals were randomly selected from the total 11 tertiary hospitals in Xining city.Clinical staff that worked in the four hospitals and agreed to participate were recruited for investigation via a self-administered questionnaire.Results During the 2016-2017 influenza season,the coverage rate of influenza vaccines among the clinical staff was 5.14％ (95％ CI:4.80％-5.49％).Multivariate logistic regression showed that knowing the priority of vaccination,the frequency of vaccination,effect of vaccination,and possessing higher professional qualifications were major influencing factors for influenza vaccination.The intention on recommendation of seasonal influenza vaccine was higher in vaccinated group than that in the unvaccinated group (x2=99.57,P＜0.001).Conclusion The lower coverage rate was primarily associated with the lack of knowledge about influenza vaccine among the clinical staff of the hospital.Tailored information should be provided to the clinical staff through effective methods to improve vaccination and the recommendation of influenza vaccine.
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Objective To investigate the influenza vaccination and its influencing factors among the clinical staff in Xining,Qinghai province,in the 2016-2017 influenza season,and to explore the promoting strategies to encourage the target population for influenza vaccination.Methods Four sample hospitals were randomly selected from the total 11 tertiary hospitals in Xining city.Clinical staff that worked in the four hospitals and agreed to participate were recruited for investigation via a self-administered questionnaire.Results During the 2016-2017 influenza season,the coverage rate of influenza vaccines among the clinical staff was 5.14％ (95％ CI:4.80％-5.49％).Multivariate logistic regression showed that knowing the priority of vaccination,the frequency of vaccination,effect of vaccination,and possessing higher professional qualifications were major influencing factors for influenza vaccination.The intention on recommendation of seasonal influenza vaccine was higher in vaccinated group than that in the unvaccinated group (x2=99.57,P＜0.001).Conclusion The lower coverage rate was primarily associated with the lack of knowledge about influenza vaccine among the clinical staff of the hospital.Tailored information should be provided to the clinical staff through effective methods to improve vaccination and the recommendation of influenza vaccine.