The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme.
Clin Interv Aging
; 17: 1581-1588, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2098929
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
Immunization is one of the main components of preventive medicine measures. Influenza, pneumococcal, tetanus, and shingles vaccines are recommended for older adults routinely. This study aimed to show the knowledge and attitudes of the physicians to older adults' vaccination schemes. Patients andMethods:
An electronic self-reported questionnaire was sent to physicians between March and July 2021 in Turkey. Sociodemographic characteristics, professional experience, area of expertise, and practice setting of the participants were recorded. As multiple-choice questions; the routinely recommended vaccines, and vaccines suggested in their daily practice before and after the COVID-19 pandemic were enquired.Results:
A total of 435 participants were included in the study. 43.9% of the patients were primary family physicians, and 36.8% were internists. 63.4% of the participants had reported reviewing the National Vaccination Scheme. 94.5% of the medical doctors indicated that they had recommended any vaccination to their patients. 20.9% of the practitioners could select four or five of the routinely recommended vaccines. Reviewing the National Adult Vaccination Scheme and being an internist were positively related to predicting the recommended vaccines. The recommendation rates of influenza and pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) were seen at 88% and 78%, respectively. Except for PCV13, recommendation rates of other routine vaccines were decreased after the pandemic.Conclusion:
Awareness of routine vaccination schedules should be improved among health-care professionals, and reminders for immunization should be provided periodically in each health-care setting.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians
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Influenza Vaccines
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Influenza, Human
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Interv Aging
Journal subject:
Geriatrics
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
CIA.S382311
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