Does pulmonary subspecialty referral from primary care affect the adherence to vaccination recommendations in COPD patients?
Respir Res
; 22(1): 50, 2021 Feb 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1388766
ABSTRACT
The importance of vaccinations for COPD patients has been previously described. However, there is still a gap between guideline recommendations and the implementation of preventive care delivery for these patients. Specially, the rise of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has made the significance of vaccination adherence more critical to address. Our study showed that referral to pulmonary clinic is associated with increased odds of receiving influenza (OR = 1.97, [95% CI 1.07, 3.65]) and pneumococcal vaccinations (PCV13 OR = 3.55, [1.47, 8.54]; PPSV23 OR = 4.92, [1.51, 16.02]). These data suggest that partnerships between primary care physicians and pulmonologists can potentially improve the vaccination rates for patients with COPD.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Referral and Consultation
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Practice Patterns, Physicians'
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Pulmonary Medicine
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Vaccination
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Respir Res
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12931-021-01639-6
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