Are you vaccinated? COVID-19 vaccination rates and the effect of a vaccination program in a metropolitan mental health inpatient population in Australia.
Australas Psychiatry
; : 10398562221136756, 2022 Nov 06.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2263146
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the COVID-19 vaccination rates of a severe mental illness (SMI) population in Western Australia (WA) in January to March 2022, and to evaluate an inpatient COVID-19 vaccination program available to this group.METHOD:
A retrospective audit of the COVID-19 vaccination status of inpatients at the Mental Health Unit (MHU) at a tertiary hospital in WA was conducted and compared with the state average. Additionally, the medical records were interrogated to determine whether eligible inpatients were offered and received COVID-19 vaccination via the inpatient vaccination program.RESULTS:
Vaccination rates for the MHU population were substantially lower than those for the WA population, particularly earlier in 2022. During January, just 49.0% of admitted patients had received two doses of the vaccine, compared to 92.8% of WA. Over the three months, 67 (47.2%) of all admissions were eligible for vaccination during their admission and 19 of the eligible patients (28.4%) were successfully vaccinated.CONCLUSION:
This audit has demonstrated a slow uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations in the SMI population, despite the wide availability for 12 months prior to this period. This indicates a significant potential for targeted, assertive programs to improve vaccination rates in this population group.
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Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Australas Psychiatry
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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