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Médecine du travail du personnel hospitalier

Influenza vaccination: incidence of symptoms and resulting absenteeism in hospital employees.

AAOHN J. 2005 Nov;53(11):477-83.
Influenza vaccination: incidence of symptoms and resulting absenteeism in hospital employees.
‘Speroni KG, Dawson E, Atherton M, Corriher J.
Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, VA, USA.’

A conv enience sample of hospital workers, those receiving influenza vaccine and those not receiving vaccine, were asked to complete questionnaires delineating the occurrence of symptoms (e.g., fever, headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny nose, stuffy nose, muscle aches) and absenteeism in the 7-day period post-vaccination if vaccinated. Those unvaccinated completed the questionnaire in a self-selected 7 consecutive day period during the study conducted from November 2004 to February 2005. Those receiving either Fluzone or FluMist reported significantly fewer symptoms and related absenteeism than the unvaccinated group (p < .05). Administration of influenza vaccine did not result in higher rates of post-vaccination symptoms as compared to an unvaccinated group. Further, vaccinated employees did not experience higher absenteeism rates as a result of receiving either influenza vaccine. However, for those reporting absenteeism as a result of symptoms, mean absenteeism days were highest in the FluMist group (4.5 days) compared to the unvaccinated group (2.1 days) and the Fluzone group (1.9 days).
MeSH Terms: Absenteeism – Administration, Intranasal – Adult – Case-Control Studies – Female – Humans – Immunization Programs* – Incidence – Influenza Vaccines/administration & dosage – Influenza, Human/epidemiology – Influenza, Human/prevention & control

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