Influenza vaccination prevalence among the elderly and individuals with chronic disease, and factors affecting vaccination uptake
Jazyk angličtina Země Česko Médium print
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
30927396
DOI
10.21101/cejph.a5231
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- chronic disease, elderly people, influenza, risk group, vaccination,
- MeSH
- chřipka lidská prevence a kontrola MeSH
- chronická nemoc epidemiologie MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- pacientův souhlas se zdravotní péčí psychologie statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- rozhovory jako téma MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- vakcinace statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- vakcíny proti chřipce aplikace a dávkování MeSH
- zdraví - znalosti, postoje, praxe MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Názvy látek
- vakcíny proti chřipce MeSH
OBJECTIVE: Our aim is to evaluate influenza vaccination rates among the elderly and individuals with underlying chronic disease, and factors that affect vaccination uptake. METHODS: The study comprised individuals aged 18-65 years with underlying chronic diseases, and individuals aged over 65 years. Literature-based questionnaires prepared by the researcher regarding vaccination were completed through face-to-face interviews by the principal investigator. RESULTS: A total of 818 participants were included in the study, 257 (31.4%) were males. The mean age of participants was 57.47 ± 14.11 years; 274 (33.5%) were aged 65 years and over. One hundred and three (12.6%) participants stated that they received vaccinations against influenza annually, and 144 (17.6%) stated that they had vaccination against influenza in the 2015/16 or 2016/17 season. Fifty-two (19%) participants aged more than 65 years stated that they received vaccinations against influenza annually, 75 (27.4%) stated that they had vaccination against influenza in the 2015/16 or 2016/17 season. The most commonly determined reasons for not receiving vaccination were not knowing that it was necessary (34%) and believing that vaccination was not necessary because they were healthy (26%). Statistically significantly more participants who gained their knowledge from a physician were vaccinated than those whose knowledge came from other sources (p < 0.05). Participants who considered that they had sufficient information about influenza were vaccinated more frequently, the results were statistically significant (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Informing target risk groups about influenza vaccination by physicians and increasing awareness about influenza may contribute to increasing vaccination rates.
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