Factors Affecting Influenza Vaccine Acceptance as the Most Effective Prevention Among Nurses in West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Background and Objective: In Indonesia, studies shows that not all nurses had been vaccinated, because no data is present according to which nurses had received influenza vaccine. Several reasons for not wanting to carry out influenza vaccination has resulted in number of influenza vaccine coverage among nurses, in this way it is a barrier for disease prevention. In this study factors that determine the acceptances of influenza vaccine are analyzed and recommendations made for the optimization of the vaccination programme. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study design using comparative analysis with unpaired data. The study population were nurses at Annisa Medical Center (AMC) Hospital. Sampling was carried out by a simple random method with a minimum of 96 samples. Data collection was taken at the hospital by respondents filling self administered questionnaires. Results: The number of samples obtained in this study was 104 with details 94.23% (n = 98) are willing to accept influenza vaccination and 5.76% (n = 6) refuse influenza vaccination. Non Parametric Mann Whitney U-test was conducted to determine the difference in median value of two unpaired samples data. The significance value based on the test is 0.38. A chi square test was also conducted and found some factors associated to influenza vaccine acceptance (p<0.05). Conclusion: Not all nurses are willing to get influenza vaccination. From study, it can be seen that associated factors for acceptance of influenza vaccination are: knowledge, saving health costs, suitability of the vaccine content with belief and knowing where to get the influenza vaccine.