Vaccinations against respiratory infections in Arabian Gulf countries: Barriers and motivators

Table 1 Vaccination uptake in Gulf Cooperation Council countries in published literature

Ref.	Study year	Country	Population	Sample size	Age in years	Vaccine	Vaccine uptake % (n/n)
Abbas et al[39]	2004-2005	Saudi Arabia	Workers of two major industries: A food processing and a chemical plant	2400	(20-60)	Influenza	62.4 (562/900) food processing industry and 55.6 (834/1500) chemical industry
Al-Tawfiq et al[38]	2007	Saudi Arabia	HCWs at Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization	244	NR	Influenza	51 in the preceding year and 71.5 in the last 5 years
Shahbic et al[18]	2007	Qatar	HCWs at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha	14292	NR	Influenza	19.4 (2773/14292)
Rehmani et al[20]	2009	Saudi Arabia	HCWs at King Abdul-Aziz National Guard Hospital	512	Mean 35.8 (22-64)	Influenza	34.4 (176/512)
Abu-Gharbieh et al[64]	2009	United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman	HCWs at hospitals, polyclinics and medical centres	993	(25-45)	Influenza	42.5 (442/993)
Al-Khashan et al[35]	2009	Saudi Arabia	Military personnel of Central Military Region in Riyadh	2230	Mean 36.3	Influenza and meningococcal	17.8 (396/2230) and 51.7 (1153/2230) respectively
AlQuliti et al[65]	2012	Saudi Arabia	Emergency room HCWs at 4 hospitals in Al-Madinah	321	NR	Meningococcal	84.7 (272/321)
Garcell et al[37]	2011-2013	Qatar	HCWs at the Cuban Hospital	209 (2011-2012), and 325 (2012-2013)	NR	Influenza	61.9 (129/209) in 2011-2012 and 71.1 (231/325) in 2012-2013
Alshammari et al[21]	2012-2013	Saudi Arabia	HCWs at 6 major hospitals	242	NR	Influenza	38.8 (94/242)
Alhammadi et al[66]	2012-2013	Qatar	HCWs at a tertiary teaching institution in Doha	223	NR	Influenza	68.3 (152/223)
Alhammadi et al[22]	2013	Qatar	HCWs at a paediatric unit at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha	230	NR	Influenza	67.7 (151/230)
Fakhrawi et al[67]	2015	Bahrain	Sickle cell patients attending primary health care centres	230	NR	Pneumococcal	62.2 (143/230)

HCW: Health care workers; NR: Not recorded.