Influenza vaccination rates, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of healthcare workers in Turkey: A multicentre study

• DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.13659
• Publication Date: 2020-08-08T20:41:46Z
• Authors: Nesibe Korkmaz; Selçuk Nazik; Raziye Ş. Gümüştakım; Hanife Uzar; Gülnur Kul; Selma Tosun; Ayşe Torun; Hadiye Demirbakan; Ayşegül Seremet K...; Asiye B. Kaçmaz; Hüseyin A. Erdem; Serhat Uysal; Işıl D. Aliravci; Emine Yeşilyurt Ş...; Hüseyin Can; Mustafa Deniz; Ebru Demiray Gürbüz; Uğur Kostakoğlu; Hilal Bölükbaşı
• Keywords: Healthcare worker

Influenza vaccination is the most effective method in prevention of influenza disease and its complications. Our study aimed to investigate rates behaviours attitudes against vaccine healthcare workers Turkey.This multicentre national survey a descriptive which 12 475 workers. Healthcare were asked answer questionnaire consisting questions via survey.It was found that 6.7% regularly got vaccinated each year 55% had never before. The biggest obstacle getting determined as not believing necessity (53.1%).The Turkey are quite low. False knowledge on seen important reasons decline vaccination. It detect for anti-vaccination set course order increase