Analysis on influenza vaccination status and influencing factors in medical workers in Chongqing

  Objective  To understand the status of influenza vaccination in medical workers in Chongqing, and identify the influencing factors.

  Methods  A total of 1412 medical workers in 8 hospitals were investigated by stratified cluster random sampling, and univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted by χ² test and logistic regression model.

  Results  The influenza vaccination rate was 16.78% in medical staff in Chongqing from 2018 to 2019. The vaccination rate was higher in medical workers in influenza like illness related departments (22.61%) than in other departments (12.12%) (OR=2.030, 95% CI: 1.512–2.734). The influenza vaccination rate was 18.14% in those who has worked for 6–10 years (OR=1.504, 95% CI: 1.056–2.150), 21.29% in those who had worked for 11–15 years (OR=1.821, 95% CI: 1.182–2.783), and 19.74% in those who had worked for ≥ 16 years (OR=1.874, 95% CI: 1.229–2.840), all higher than that in those who had worked for ≤5 years.

  Conclusion  The rate of influenza vaccination in medical workers in Chongqing was low, and lack of time was the main reason to hinder the vaccination. Working in influenza like illness department or not and working years were the main influencing factors for influenza vaccination in medical workers