title: [Influenza vaccination in high-risk groups. Role of the nursing staff].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the impact of Nursing advice on the attitude taken to anti-flu vaccination by the group of high-risk patients at our Health Centre, as well as the effectiveness of this staff's retrieval of non-vaccinated patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study of a sample of a crossover type with a control group. Prospective intervention study with no control.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary Care. Candelaria Health Centre (Sevilla).
  
  
  METHODS
  a) A random sample stratified by age and consisting of 126 vaccinated and 252 non-vaccinated patients with high-risk criteria for anti-flu vaccination (cardiovascular and chronic pulmonary pathologies); b) intervention to try and change the attitude of 78 non-vaccinated patients who were examined at the Nursing Station.
  
  
  METHODS
  Back-up by means of a direct interview or telephone call.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distribution of the "included in the Nursing Station" factor was studied through a sample of vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients, who were homogeneous regarding age, gender, risk factor and nursing quota. 42.86% of those vaccinated were examined at the Nursing station as against 27.38% of those not vaccinated (O.R. 1.99, C.I. 1.27-3.11). The overall effectiveness of the retrieval was 42.31%, with a noteworthy 86.96% success obtained by the direct interview back-up at the Nursing station.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study point to the positive effect of nursing professionals on compliance with anti-flu vaccination. Moreover they are a useful part of strategies for retrieving patients with negative attitudes towards vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Candelaria, Sevilla.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Costa Tadeo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Arce
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pérez Padura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Begines Corral
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cabello Ortega
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romero Gómez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines
vernacular_title: Vacunación antigripal en grupos de alto riesgo. Papel del personal de enfermería.