Avtor/Urednik		Rotar-Pavlič, Danica; Maksuti, Alem; Podnar, Barbara; Kokalj-Kokot, Mateja
Naslov		Reasons for the low influenza vaccination rate among nurses in Slovenia
Tip		članek
Vol. in št.		Letnik 21, št. e38
Leto izdaje		2020
Obseg		str. 1-8
ISSN		1477-1128 - Primary health care research & development
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Aim:This study aimed to identify nurses' views on influenza vaccination and factors that might explain why they do not receive influenza vaccinations, and to examine any ethical issues encountered in the vaccination process. Background: All 27 European Union member states and 2 other European countries recommended influenza vaccinations for healthcare workers in 2014-15. Data show that the influenza vaccination rate among nurses in Slovenia is evenlower than in other European countries. Slovenian study showed that 41.7% of the respondents had received both the pandemic and the seasonal vaccine. Doctors had the highest level of vaccine coverage, with 44.1%, followed by registered nurses at 23.4%, whereas the lowest levelwas found among nursing assistants and nursing technicians (17%) at a Ljubljana health clinic. Methods:A qualitative study was carried out. Nineteen nurses who did not receive influenza vaccination took part in the study. Thematic interviews were conducted in December 2018. Interview transcripts were read, coded, reviewed and labelled by three independent researchers.The collected material was processed using qualitative content analysis. Findings: Thirteen categories and four themes were identified and coded, which enabled an understanding of the nurses' views regarding influenza vaccination. Most of their experiences were positive inone way: they recognised the importance of vaccination and people's awareness of it. However, they did not obtain the influenza vaccine themselves. The main barriers to vaccina-tion were doubt regarding the vaccine's effectiveness, the potential for side effects, the belief that young healthcare professionals are well protected and not at high risk, an overrated trust in their own immune systems, and the belief that pharmaceutical industry marketing was targeting them. The nurses suggested several ways that vaccination could be promoted and improved vaccination coverage achieved. These findings call attention to the importance of recognisingboth the need for targeted information for the nurses and the need for different approaches tohealthcare provision.
Proste vsebinske oznake		nurse influenza vaccination rate medicinska sestra gripa precepljenost