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Introdução:
A Organização Mundial de Saúde e a Direção Geral de Saúde consideram os profissionais de saúde um dos grupos prioritários para a vacinação contra o vírus influenza.
A gripe é uma patologia que surge sazonalmente e cuja vacinação é considerada o meio mais eficaz para a sua prevenção.
A optimização da imunidade dos profissionais de saúde salvaguarda a saúde dos mesmos, protegendo consequentemente os utentes com que contatam.
Material e Métodos:
Os objetivos deste estudo foram avaliar a adesão dos enfermeiros à vacina contra o vírus influenza e explorar os fatores associados a essa adesão num Centro Hospitalar e nos Centros de Saúde da sua área de influência.
Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo exploratório, conduzido numa amostra de 256 participantes (84% do sexo feminino e 16% do sexo masculino).
Os dados foram recolhidos a partir da aplicação de um questionário.
Resultados:
Da totalidade dos participantes, 68% referem já se ter vacinado pelo menos uma vez ao longo da sua vida e 36% vacinaram-se anualmente contra o vírus influenza.
Verificou-se que os enfermeiros que exercem funções no centro de saúde apresentaram maior adesão percentual, mas que essa diferença não é estatisticamente significativa. Esta adesão à vacina aumenta, em termos percentuais, à medida que a idade aumenta, existindo diferenças estatisticamente significativas nos diferentes grupos etários.Conclusão:
Concluiu-se que a vacina é considerada eficaz pela maioria dos enfermeiros, no entanto, existem algumas variáveis que influenciam a adesão a esta vacina.
Os resultados indiciam que na amostra em estudo é atribuída maior importância aos conhecimentos e pré-disponibilidade para a patologia do que à opinião transmitida pelas pessoas significativas e comunicação social, no que se refere aos fatores de decisão para a adesão à vacina.
Introduction: The World Health Organization and the Direção Geral de Saúde consider that the health professionals are one of the prior groups on vaccination against influenza virus. Influenza is a seasonal disease and the vaccination seems to be the most efficient prevention against it The optimization of the health professional immunity’s really important for their health and also to the persons they contact with. Material and Methods: The main objectives of this study were the evaluation of nurses’ adherence to the vaccine against influenza and the exploration of factors associated with that in a hospital and health centers from the same region. This was an exploratory and quantitative study conducted with a sample of 256 individuals (84% female and16% male). Of these, 68% reported that had already been vaccinated at least once during their life and 36% had been vaccinated annually against influenza virus. All data were collected from a questionnaire. Results: Of all participants, 68% report having already immunized at least once during their lifetime and 36% vaccinated annually against influenza vírus. It was verified that nurses who work at the health center had a higher percentage adherence, but this difference is not statistically significant. This adherence to vaccination increases, in percentage terms, as age increases and there are significant differences in the different age groups.Conclusion: It was concluded that the vaccine is considered effective by most nurses, however, there are some variables which influence the adhesion to this vaccine. The results indicate that in this study sample is given more importance to knowledge and pre-availability to the pathology than to the opinion forwarded by significant others and/or media, in what regards the decision factors for adherence to the vaccine.
Introduction: The World Health Organization and the Direção Geral de Saúde consider that the health professionals are one of the prior groups on vaccination against influenza virus. Influenza is a seasonal disease and the vaccination seems to be the most efficient prevention against it The optimization of the health professional immunity’s really important for their health and also to the persons they contact with. Material and Methods: The main objectives of this study were the evaluation of nurses’ adherence to the vaccine against influenza and the exploration of factors associated with that in a hospital and health centers from the same region. This was an exploratory and quantitative study conducted with a sample of 256 individuals (84% female and16% male). Of these, 68% reported that had already been vaccinated at least once during their life and 36% had been vaccinated annually against influenza virus. All data were collected from a questionnaire. Results: Of all participants, 68% report having already immunized at least once during their lifetime and 36% vaccinated annually against influenza vírus. It was verified that nurses who work at the health center had a higher percentage adherence, but this difference is not statistically significant. This adherence to vaccination increases, in percentage terms, as age increases and there are significant differences in the different age groups.Conclusion: It was concluded that the vaccine is considered effective by most nurses, however, there are some variables which influence the adhesion to this vaccine. The results indicate that in this study sample is given more importance to knowledge and pre-availability to the pathology than to the opinion forwarded by significant others and/or media, in what regards the decision factors for adherence to the vaccine.
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Vírus Influenza Vacinação Enfermeiros Motivação Adesão Influenza virus Vaccination Nurses Motivation adhesion