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Is COVID-19 a Real Incentive for Flu Vaccination? Let the Numbers Speak for Themselves #MMPMID33803755
Di Pumpo M; Vetrugno G; Pascucci D; Carini E; Beccia V; Sguera A; Zega M; Pani M; Cambieri A; Nurchis MC; D'Ambrosio F; Damiani G; Laurenti P
Vaccines (Basel) 2021[Mar]; 9 (3): ? PMID33803755show ga
Seasonal flu vaccination is one of the most important strategies for preventing influenza. The attitude towards flu vaccination in light of the COVID-19 pandemic has so far been studied in the literature mostly with the help of surveys and questionnaires. Whether a person chooses to be vaccinated or not during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, speaks louder than any declaration of intention. In our teaching hospital, we registered a statistically significant increase in flu vaccination coverage across all professional categories between the 2019/2020 and the 2020/2021 campaign (24.19% vs. 54.56%, p < 0.0001). A linear regression model, based on data from four previous campaigns, predicted for the 2020/2021 campaign a total flu vaccination coverage of 30.35%. A coverage of 54.46% was, instead, observed, with a statistically significant difference from the predicted value (p < 0.0001). The COVID-19 pandemic can, therefore, be considered as an incentive that significantly and dramatically increased adherence to flu vaccination among our healthcare workers.