Original scientific paper
DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES TO AND KNOWLEDGE OF INFLUENZA BETWEEN VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED PERSONS
ZRINKA PUHARIĆ
; University of Applied Health Sciences in Bjelovar, Study of Nursing, Bjelovar, Croatia
ANDREA HORVAT
; Dr Tomislav Bardek General Hospital, Koprivnica, Croatia
MARIJA PETEK
; University of Applied Health Sciences in Bjelovar, Study of Nursing, Bjelovar, Croatia
TOMISLAV FILIPOVIĆ
; University of Applied Health Sciences in Bjelovar, Study of Nursing, Bjelovar, Croatia
MIRNA ŽULEC
; University of Applied Health Sciences in Bjelovar, Study of Nursing, Bjelovar, Croatia
Abstract
Influenza is an acute infectious disease that affects about 50 000 people per year in Croatia and 30 people die. The most effective preventive measure is vaccination. Over the past ten years, the number of vaccinated persons in Croatia has been steadily declining. The aim of the study was to determine differences in the attitudes to and knowledge of influenza between vaccinated and unvaccinated persons. The study was conducted at the Đurđevac Health Center from October 1, 2015 to March 1, 2016, by anonymous survey of 200 respondents. The respondents were predominantly female 63 (63%),
mean age 51 (51%), living in urban area 60 (60%), and with completed secondary school 58 (58%). There was a statistically significant difference in the knowledge between vaccinated and unvaccinated subjects; three times more vaccinated subjects thought that vaccination was an effective preventive measure (
Keywords
influenza; vaccination; attitude; knowledge
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216427
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Publication date:
30.1.2019.
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