Τίτλος:
Hepatitis B virus vaccination coverage in medical, nursing, and paramedical students: A cross-sectional, multi-centered study in Greece
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Students of health professions are at high risk of hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection during their clinical training. The aim of this cross-sectional, multi-centered study was to investigate the HBV vaccination coverage in Greek medical, nursing, and paramedical students, to look into their attitudes towards the importance of vaccines and to reveal reasons associated with not being vaccinated. A self-completed, anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 2119 students of health professions in Greece, during the academic year 2013–2014. The HBV vaccination coverage of students was high (83%), being higher among medical students (88.1%, vs. 81.4% among nursing and 80.1% among paramedical students; p < 0.001). The vast majority of them (95%) have been vaccinated during childhood. In addition, 30% of the unvaccinated students declared fear over HBV safety. Our results indicate that the healthcare students achieved higher reported immunization rates compared to the currently serving healthcare workers, but also to the students of the last decade. The fact that nursing and paramedical students have lower coverage figures underlines the importance of targeted interventions for the different subgroups of healthcare students in terms of educational programs and screening for HBV markers in order to increase HBV vaccination uptake. © 2016 by the authors.
Συγγραφείς:
Papagiannis, D.
Tsimtsiou, Z.
Chatzichristodoulou, I.
Adamopoulou, M.
Kallistratos, I.
Pournaras, S.
Arvanitidou, M.
Rachiotis, G.
Περιοδικό:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
hepatitis B vaccine; hepatitis B vaccine, health care; hepatitis; immunization; public health; student; vaccination; vaccine, adult; Article; childhood; correlation analysis; cross-sectional study; drug safety; fear; female; Greece; health care personnel; health education; hepatitis B; human; male; medical student; multicenter study; nursing student; paramedical student; questionnaire; vaccination; clinical trial; health care survey; health personnel attitude; health student; statistics and numerical data; utilization; vaccination, Greece, Hepatitis B virus, Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Greece; Health Care Surveys; Hepatitis B Vaccines; Humans; Male; Students, Health Occupations; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vaccination
DOI:
10.3390/ijerph13030323
