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Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions

Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are particularly at risk for influenza infections. We aimed to improve influenza vaccination coverage among residents and healthcare workers (HCWs) in four LTCFs by implementing educational programs and enhanced vaccination services. We compared vaccina...

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Autores principales: Boyer, Johannes, König, Elisabeth, Friedl, Herwig, Pux, Christian, Uhlmann, Michael, Schippinger, Walter, Krause, Robert, Zollner-Schwetz, Ines
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10302292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37376455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061066
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author Boyer, Johannes
König, Elisabeth
Friedl, Herwig
Pux, Christian
Uhlmann, Michael
Schippinger, Walter
Krause, Robert
Zollner-Schwetz, Ines
author_facet Boyer, Johannes
König, Elisabeth
Friedl, Herwig
Pux, Christian
Uhlmann, Michael
Schippinger, Walter
Krause, Robert
Zollner-Schwetz, Ines
author_sort Boyer, Johannes
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description Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are particularly at risk for influenza infections. We aimed to improve influenza vaccination coverage among residents and healthcare workers (HCWs) in four LTCFs by implementing educational programs and enhanced vaccination services. We compared vaccination coverage before and after the interventions (2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons). Data on vaccination adherence were recorded during a four-year observational period (2019/20 to 2022/23 seasons). Following the interventions, vaccination coverage increased significantly from 5.8% (22/377) to 19.1% (71/371) in residents and from 1.3% (3/234) to 19.7% (46/233) in HCWs (p < 0.001). During the observational period (2019/20 to 2022/23 seasons), vaccination coverage remained high in residents but decreased in HCWs. Vaccination adherence was significantly higher in residents and HCWs in LTCF 1 compared to the other three LTCFs. Our study suggests that a bundle of educational interventions and enhanced vaccination services can be an effective method for improving influenza vaccination coverage in LTCFs in both residents and HCWs. However, vaccination rates are still well below the recommended targets and further efforts are needed to increase vaccine coverage in our LTCFs.
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spelling pubmed-103022922023-06-29 Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions Boyer, Johannes König, Elisabeth Friedl, Herwig Pux, Christian Uhlmann, Michael Schippinger, Walter Krause, Robert Zollner-Schwetz, Ines Vaccines (Basel) Article Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are particularly at risk for influenza infections. We aimed to improve influenza vaccination coverage among residents and healthcare workers (HCWs) in four LTCFs by implementing educational programs and enhanced vaccination services. We compared vaccination coverage before and after the interventions (2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons). Data on vaccination adherence were recorded during a four-year observational period (2019/20 to 2022/23 seasons). Following the interventions, vaccination coverage increased significantly from 5.8% (22/377) to 19.1% (71/371) in residents and from 1.3% (3/234) to 19.7% (46/233) in HCWs (p < 0.001). During the observational period (2019/20 to 2022/23 seasons), vaccination coverage remained high in residents but decreased in HCWs. Vaccination adherence was significantly higher in residents and HCWs in LTCF 1 compared to the other three LTCFs. Our study suggests that a bundle of educational interventions and enhanced vaccination services can be an effective method for improving influenza vaccination coverage in LTCFs in both residents and HCWs. However, vaccination rates are still well below the recommended targets and further efforts are needed to increase vaccine coverage in our LTCFs. MDPI 2023-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10302292/ /pubmed/37376455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061066 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Boyer, Johannes
König, Elisabeth
Friedl, Herwig
Pux, Christian
Uhlmann, Michael
Schippinger, Walter
Krause, Robert
Zollner-Schwetz, Ines
Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions
title Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions
title_full Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions
title_fullStr Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions
title_full_unstemmed Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions
title_short Sustained Increase in Very Low Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Residents and Healthcare Workers of Long-Term Care Facilities in Austria after Educational Interventions
title_sort sustained increase in very low influenza vaccination coverage in residents and healthcare workers of long-term care facilities in austria after educational interventions
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10302292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37376455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061066
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