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A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Attica region between September 2022 and July 2023, with the use of an anonymous reference questionnaire. Data from 1261 nursing students were recorded (response rate: 68.6%). The study found that 23% of the sample were vaccinated against influenza for the flu season 2022\u20132023, and 42% were vaccinated for the previous flu season. Knowledge scores regarding influenza ranged from 0% to 100%, with a mean value of 55 (SD = 18.8%). A higher level of knowledge about influenza was associated with more appropriate attitudes and practices toward the disease (p &lt; 0.001). Notably, participants in their second, third, or fourth year of study and beyond exhibited more suitable attitudes and practices towards the flu compared to those in their first year of study (p &lt; 0.05). The emergence of low vaccination coverage identifies the need for departments of nursing studies to proceed with the design of educational and intervention programs on infection control.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diseases12080183","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,14]],"date-time":"2024-08-14T10:28:41Z","timestamp":1723631321000},"page":"183","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Influenza Vaccination of Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study of Uptake, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Greece"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4427-0400","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anastasia","family":"Statiri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6025-8260","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Theodoula","family":"Adamakidou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3892-3914","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikoletta","family":"Margari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9174-443X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ourania","family":"Govina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1243-7069","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chrysoula","family":"Tsiou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2169-7746","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Giakoumidakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eleni","family":"Dokoutsidou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1828","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vaccine.2017.02.044","article-title":"Systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of influenza immunization programs","volume":"35","author":"Ting","year":"2017","journal-title":"Vaccine"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"(2023, February 07). 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