Influenza related knowledge awareness and influenza vaccination coverage in nurses in Heilongjiang, 2017–2018

ObjectiveTo investigate the influenza related knowledge awareness and influenza vaccination coverage in nurses in Heilongjiang province during 2017–2018 and identify the influencing factors.

MethodsBy means of convenient sampling and targeted delivery of questionnaires, the online questionnaire survey was conducted in nurses registered in the nursing network with their current address in Heilongjiang.

ResultsA total of 773 nurses returned valid questionnaires, and among the 773 nurses, the awareness rate of influenza related knowledge was higher than 86.80%, but the coverage rate of influenza vaccination was only 4.01% (31/773), and only 24.84% of the nurses had recommended influenza vaccine to their patients. The major reason for not receiving influenza vaccination was too busy (20.75%). The gender, age, working year, institution type, institution level and department in medical institution had no influences on influenza vaccination rate in the nurses (P＞0.05).

ConclusionThe coverage rate of influenza vaccination in the nurses in Heilongjiang was low. It is suggested to improve the availability of influenza vaccination in medical personnel in Heilongjiang by exploring the feasibility of free vaccination and specific forms of vaccination, and conducting targeted health education to increase the coverage of influenza vaccination in nurses.