title: Managing an online survey about influenza vaccination in primary healthcare workers.
abstract: Online surveys are increasingly used due to their speed and efficiency. The aim of this study was to analyze factors that may have contributed to the quality and speed of response of an online survey on influenza vaccination in primary healthcare workers. A multicenter study including family physicians, nurses and pediatricians from primary healthcare teams from seven Spanish Autonomous Communities was designed. The centers were selected by simple random sampling. The survey remained active and accessible for 56 days and four reminders were sent. The odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to assess the association of sociodemographic variables and responding to the survey before the second reminder. Complete, validated information was obtained from 1965 primary healthcare workers. The total response rate was 36.2%. More nurses (46.3%) responded before the second reminder and more family physicians (52.8%) after the second reminder. The adjusted OR shows that family physicians responded later (AOR 1.46, 95% CI 1.2-1.8) than nurses. The responses obtained in the first 24 h after the initial sending and the reminders accounted for 41.7% of the completed surveys, indicating the importance of reminders.
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. diannitz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.affiliation: Subdirección de Promoción de la Salud y Prevención, Consejería de Sanidad, Madrid 28035, Spain. naerny@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aerny
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. nuriasolde@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soldevila
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. maretva@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maretva
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baricot
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. pere.godoy@gencat.cat.
authors.forename: Pere
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. jesus.castilla.catalan@cfnavarra.es.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castilla
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Unansolo (Osakidetza), Bizkaia 48960, Spain. susana.garciagutierrez@osakidetza.net.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Gutierrez
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. nuria.torner@gencat.cat.
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Torner
authors.affiliation: Epidemiología, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid 28035, Spain. jenaro.astray@salud.madrid.org.
authors.forename: Jenaro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Astray
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Vigilancia de Andalucía, Sevilla 41071, Spain. josem.mayoral.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mayoral
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. TamGomSo@jcyl.es.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamames
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. fernando.gonzalez@uv.es.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Candelas
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. naerny@gmail.com.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.affiliation: CIBER Epidemiología y Salud pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. angela.dominguez@ub.edu.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domíguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines