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Table 2 Healthcare workers' opinions concerning influenza severity and epidemiology.

From: Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in a multidisciplinary University hospital in Italy

Questions and answers

Overall results

(No. = 2,143)

Medicine

(No.= 895)

Surgery

(No.= 415)

Emergency

(No.= 335)

Services

(No.= 498)

Do you consider influenza a potentially severe disease?

     

   Yes

1,214 (56.6)

546 (61.0)*

203 (48.9)

198 (59.1)°

267 (53.6)

Which age group has the highest incidence of influenza-related complications?

     

   Children aged <2 years

236 (11.0)

86 (9.6)

51 (12.3)

39 (11.6)

60 (12.1)

   Schoolchildren

97 (4.5)

46 (5.1)

19 (4.6)

10 (3.0)

22 (4.4)

   The elderly

1,810 (84.5)

763 (85.3)

345 (83.1)

286 (85.4)

416 (83.5)

Which age group has the highest incidence of influenza cases?

     

   Children aged <2 years

285 (13.3)

99 (11.1)^

53 (12.8)

46 (13.7)

87 (17.5)

   Schoolchildren

887 (41.4)

344 (38.4)°°

181 (43.6)

111 (33.1)°°

251 (50.4)

   The elderly

971 (45.3)

452 (50.5)°°

181 (43.6)

178 (53.2)

160 (32.1)

Are you afraid of avian influenza?

     

   Yes

247 (11.5)

96 (10.7)^

50 (12.0)

27 (8.1)^

74 (14.8)

  1. Only one answer could be given to each question. Percentages in parentheses. *p < 0.05 vs Surgery, Emergency and Services Departments; °p < 0.05 vs Surgery Department; ^p < 0.05 vs Services Department; °°p < 0.0001 vs Surgery and Services Departments; there were no other significant differences.