Situação vacinal dos estudantes de medicina do centro de ciências biológicas e da saúde da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande no período prévio a entrada no ciclo profissional.

Abstract

Vaccination is one of the most effective measures for disease prevention. At the begging of the practices in the hospital environment, the medical student is subject to several situations of contamination, either by direct contact with sick patients or by inexperience when performing procedures. Thus, this study aims to make a survey of the vaccination situation of medical students at the Federal University of Campina (UFCG) in the period prior to entering the professional cycle, to identify vaccination needs and raise awareness about the importance of vaccination. This is a quantitative cross-sectional study. The data was collected by semi-structured questionnaire applied to students of the 1st to 3rd period of medical school at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) and by collecting information from the interviewee's vaccination card. For analysis, data were stratified by age before statistical analysis. Of the total respondents, 90.8% were vaccinated with the Brazilian triple viral vaccine. Regarding hepatitis A and B vaccines, 82.8% had received the required dose. Also, 48.3% received the vaccine the Brazilian triple bacterial vaccine; 40.2% were vaccinated against HPV; 36.8% was the percentage of vaccinated for chickenpox; 25.3% received doses of meningococcal vaccine; and finally, 13% of respondents did not have a vaccine card or were unable to report their vaccination status. The public health service was the place most sought by respondents to get vaccinated (80.2%). A formal suggestion can be made to the University to reinforce the importance of updating the vaccination status of the future health professionals.