Increasing Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Workers in Italy 10 Years Apart

Overview

Journal Dig Liver Dis

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2007 Dec 18

PMID 18083081

Citations 6

Authors

T Stroffolini

R Coppola

C Carvelli

T DAngelo

S De Masi

C Maffei

F Marzolini

P Ragni

R Cotichini

C Zotti

A Mele

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Abstract

Background: In Italy, vaccination against hepatitis B virus infection was strongly recommended for healthcare workers since 1985. Update findings on vaccination coverage are lacking.

Aim: To assess current vaccination coverage against hepatitis B in this job category.

Methods: In 2006, 1,632 healthcare workers randomly selected in 15 Italian public hospitals completed a self-administered precoded questionnaire.

Results: The overall vaccination coverage was 85.3%, a figure higher than the 64.5% observed in 1996. Vaccine coverage showed a significant downtrend (p<0.01) from the Northern (93.1%) to the Southern (77.7%) areas. Logistic regression analysis showed that residence in the North (Odds ratio 4.2; 95% confidence interval 2.6-6.7) and youngest age (Odds ratio 4.5; 95% confidence interval 2.6-7.8), both were independent predictors of vaccine acceptance.

Conclusions: Ten years apart, vaccine coverage has markedly increased, closely paralleling the downtrend in the incidence of acute B hepatitis among healthcare workers in Italy.

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