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Table 3 Key Variables and Sources of Information for Participants

From: Study of Healthcare Personnel with Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses in Israel (SHIRI): study protocol

 

Self-reported

Electronic Medical Records

Time Period

Enrollment survey

EOS survey

EMR

Employee Records

From year(s) prior to the study

Data from years enrolled in study

Demographic

 Sex

    

 

 Date of birth

    

 

 Marital status

 

  

 Country of birth

  

 

 

 Immigration date

  

 

 

 Ethnicity by country of birth of individual, the parents, or grandparents

  

 

 

 Socio-economic status by clinic address

  

 

 Supplementary insurance status

  

 

 

 Dates enrolled as CHS member

  

 

 

 Level of education

    

 Household composition (number of rooms; number of family members in the house)

    

 Occupation and work responsibilities

   

 Family income

    

Health Status and Risk Behaviors

      

 Health status and health behaviors

  

 

 Smoking status, history

  

 

 

 Pack years

  

 

 

 Height

  

 

 

 Weight

  

 

 

 Body mass index

  

 

 

 Medication use for chronic conditions and immunosuppressants

  

 

 

Attitudes

      

 Perceptions of illness, vaccines, missing work

    

 Recollection of influenza vaccination (for vaccinated HCP)

 

   

 Reasons for not receiving the influenza vaccine (for unvaccinated HCP)

 

   

 Job satisfaction

    

Influenza Vaccination Documentation

      

 Vaccine administration date

  

 

 Vaccine type

  

 

 Vaccine manufacturer & lot

  

 

Employee Records of Illness Absences

   

 

Acute Respiratory Illness

      

 Number of inpatient admissions associated with acute illness

  

 

Chronic Medical Conditions and Pregnancy

      

 Number of ambulatory or inpatient medical encounters associated with chronic medical condition

  

 

 Chronic medical conditions

  

 

 

 Pregnancy

    

  1. Abbreviations: EOS end of season, EMR electronic medical record, CHS Clalit health plan, HCP healthcare personnel