Table 1 Training quality, coworkers attitudes and knowledge towards influenza and influenza vaccination among Italian medical residents
Explored item or dimension | n = 2,506 | |
|---|---|---|
n | (%) | |
Training quality on influenza and influenza vaccination during degree | ||
- excellent | 42 | (1.7) |
- good | 441 | (17.6) |
- satisfactory | 1,002 | (40.0) |
- fair | 784 | (31.3) |
- poor | 237 | (9.4) |
Training quality on influenza and influenza vaccination during post graduate medical school | ||
- excellent | 49 | (2.0) |
- good | 303 | (12.0) |
- satisfactory | 661 | (26.4) |
- fair | 777 | (31.0) |
- poor | 716 | (28.6) |
Adherence to influenza vaccination among post graduate medical school tutors | ||
- ≤ 90 % of tutors | 133 | (5.3) |
- ≤ 50 % of tutors | 70 | (2.8) |
- ≥ 25 % of tutors | 509 | (20.3) |
- none of tutors | 144 | (5.7) |
- do not know | 1,650 | (65.8) |
Adherence to influenza vaccination among other post graduate medical school MRs | ||
- ≤ 90 % of MRs | 53 | (2.1) |
- ≤ 50 % of MRs | 50 | (2.0) |
- ≥ 25 % of MRs | 665 | (26.5) |
- none of tutors | 424 | (16.9) |
- do not know | 1,314 | (52.4) |
Knowledge about the influenza vaccine virus composition for 2011–2012 season | ||
- correct information | 593 | (23.7) |
- erroneous information | 538 | (21.5) |
- do not know | 1,375 | (54.8) |
Main informative sources on influenza vaccination | ||
- none | 1,684 | (67.2) |
- not interested | 509 | (20.4) |
- recommendation of Health Minister/International Authorities | 79 | (3.1) |
- scientific sources | 109 | (4.3) |
- others (mass media, blog, internet, facebook, word of mouth among HCWs, etc…) | 125 | (5.0) |