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Vol. 24. Issue 2.
Pages 88-94 (April - June 2023)
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Vol. 24. Issue 2.
Pages 88-94 (April - June 2023)
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Active medical recommendation is the best tool for increasing influenza vaccine coverage in healthy adult workers
La recomendación médica activa es la mejor herramienta para aumentar la cobertura vacunal antigripal en trabajadores adultos sanos
Iván Sanz-Muñoza,
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, Conrado Lajarab, José Ignacio Echarrénc, Asunción Caminero-Pérezb, Luis Teso-Fernándezb,1, José María Eirosa,d,1
a National Influenza Centre, Valladolid, Spain
b Medical Services, Valladolid Factory, RENAULT ESPAÑA S.A, Spain
c Medical Services, Palencia Factory, RENAULT ESPAÑA S.A, Spain
d Microbiology Unit, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega de Valladolid, Spain
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Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the workers included in the study.⁎
Table 2. Absolut numbers and percentages related to each category of the responses to the first question in V and NV groups regarding age group, sex and presence of comorbidities.
Table 3. Absolut numbers and percentages related to each category of the responses to the second question in the NV group regarding age group, sex and presence of comorbidities.
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Abstract
Introduction

In Spain, influenza vaccination is available in companies free of charge for their workers. Despite this, vaccination coverage against influenza is very low in these groups.

Objectives

The aim of this work is to know the reasons for acceptance of influenza vaccination in a working population.

Methods

During the 2021–2022 influenza vaccination campaign, we conducted a survey of two groups of workers at the automobile factories of RENAULT ESPAÑA S.A. in the cities of Valladolid and Palencia (Spain). The first group (NV) was formed by 304 (33.5%) workers who did not receive the influenza vaccine in the previous season. The second (V) was formed by 604 workers (66.5%) who had been vaccinated against influenza at least the previous season. In the NV group, they were asked the reasons why they did not get vaccinated the previous season and if they did so in 2021–2022. In group V, only the reasons for continuing to be vaccinated were asked.

Results

In NV, the main reason for avoiding vaccination in the previous season was the lack of perception of the severity of the influenza infection (74.7%), and 31.6% and 29.0% of them decided to get vaccinated during the 2021–2022 season due to the fear of co-infection of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza and medical recommendations respectively. The 83.5% of group V responded that the reason for getting vaccinated in 2021–2022 was their adherence to vaccination.

Conclusions

The results show that medical recommendation is the best tool to vaccinate workers against influenza and make them adhere to it. Also, the fear to co-infection of COVID-19 and flu was a frequent reason for getting vaccinated, above all in NV.

Keywords:
Vaccination
Influenza
Vaccine coverage
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Introducción

En España la vacunación antigripal está disponible en las empresas de manera gratuita para sus trabajadores. A pesar de esto, las coberturas vacunales frente a la gripe son muy bajas en estos grupos.

Objetivos

El objetivo es conocer los motivos de aceptación de la vacunación antigripal en la población trabajadora.

Métodos

Durante la campaña de vacunación de gripe 2021–2022 realizamos una encuesta a dos grupos de trabajadores de las factorías automovilísticas de RENAULT ESPAÑA S.A. en las ciudades de Valladolid y Palencia. El primer grupo (NV) estuvo formado por 304 (33,5%) trabajadores que no recibieron la vacuna antigripal la temporada anterior. El segundo (V) estaba formado por 604 trabajadores (66,5%) que habían sido vacunados contra la gripe al menos la temporada anterior. En el grupo NV se les preguntó las razones de porque no se vacunaron la temporada anterior y si lo hicieron en 2021–2022. En el grupo V se preguntó únicamente las razones para seguirse vacunando.

Resultados

En NV, la principal razón para evitar la vacunación en la temporada anterior fue la falta de percepción de la gravedad de la gripe (74,7%), y el 31,6% y 29,0% de ellos decidió vacunarse durante la temporada 2021–2022 por el miedo a la co-infección del SARS-Cov-2 y gripe y a las recomendaciones médicas respectivamente. El 83,5% del grupo V respondió que el motivo de vacunarse en el 2021–2022 fue su adherencia a la vacunación.

Conclusiones

Los resultados muestran que la recomendación médica es la mejor herramienta para vacunar frente a la gripe a los trabajadores y hacerles adherentes a la misma. También, el miedo a la co-infección de COVID-19 y gripe fue una de las razones más frecuentes para vacunarse, sobre todo en NV.

Palabras clave:
Vacunación
Gripe
Cobertura vacunal

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