Knowledge, attitude and compliance of employees in a tertiary hospital in Iloilo City with the 2012 Recommended Immunization for Filipino Healthcare Workers
- Author:
Maria Sheila Andrade-Nolasco
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Reasons for and against immunization; 2012 Recommended Immunization for Filipino Healthcare Workers
- MeSH: Vaccination
- From: The Filipino Family Physician 2017;55(4):173-182
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Background:To determine the level of knowledge, attitude and compliance of employees in St. Paul’s Hospital in Iloilo
City to the 2012 Recommended Immunization for Filipino Healthcare Workers
Methodology:This was a cross-sectional study participated in by 261 employees. An expert-validated research instrument was used during the survey with simple random sampling as a method in selecting study participants. Socio-demographic profile, health status, awareness of the 2012 Recommended Immunization for Healthcare Workers, their knowledge, attitude, and compliance to it, and the reasons why they received or refused vaccination were described. Descriptive statistics were utilized for data analysis.
Results:Nine out of ten study participants were either moderately knowledgeable (51.3%) or highly knowledgeable (35.2%) on the said immunization schedule. As to attitude, seven out of ten study participants (74.7%) have favorable attitude while the remaining 25% have either ambivalent (24.1%) or unfavorable (1.2%) attitude. With regard to compliance, nine out of ten study participants either have better (85.82%) or excellent (10.48%) level of compliance and about 4% (3.7%) have poor level of compliance. The top three reasons for having vaccination are: “It protects my health” (85.4%), “It is safe” (81.6%), and “It is effective” (76.5%). The study participants’ top three reasons for not receiving vaccination are: “It is expensive” (78%), “I’m busy” (41.9%), and “I forgot” (32.3%).
Conclusion:Study participants’ level of awareness, knowledge, attitude, and compliance to 2012 Recommended Immunization for Healthcare Workers were far from the optimum level. Most were aware of the guidelines, moderately knowledgeable and complied to it in general. Why they either complied or refused to follow the guidelines appeared to be personal in nature. - Full text:PAFP 24.pdf
