“PErCEIVE in Umbria”: Evaluation of anti-influenza vaccination's perception among Umbrian Pharmacists

Abstract

February 2016. The questionnaire was anonymous, on-line self-administered survey. Statistical analysis were performed using STATA/SE 12 software. The response rate was 28.91% (n = 72/249). Among the studied population 76.39% (n = 55) had never performed influenza vaccine during the previous 5 years. Regarding source of information, only 15.28% of the subjects (n = 11) consulted the scientific publications, vs 52.78% (n = 38) who did not show any kind of interest upon the influenza vaccine. Our results show a low attitude to be vaccinated among pharmacists together with a low grade of awareness regarding the important role that pharmacists might play in order to reduce influenza burden, to promote health literacy among their patients and to decrease the risk of patients infection. Pharmacists might be crucial healthcare workers involved in health promotion, in vaccines' uptake and practices progression.