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Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study
Herpes Zoster (shingles) is an infection that occurs when varicella-zoster virus reactivates from the latent state. Incidence and severity of Herpes Zoster disease increase with age. Antiviral drugs are the elective treatment; however, prevention of disease reactivation through effective and safe va...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9611813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36298636 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101770 |
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author | Ceccarelli, Andrea Scrimaglia, Susan Fossi, Virginia Ceccaroni, Luigi Federici, Andrea Reali, Chiara Angelini, Raffaella Silvestrini, Giulia Sintoni, Francesco Fantini, Maria Pia Gori, Davide Righi, Francesca Montalti, Marco |
author_facet | Ceccarelli, Andrea Scrimaglia, Susan Fossi, Virginia Ceccaroni, Luigi Federici, Andrea Reali, Chiara Angelini, Raffaella Silvestrini, Giulia Sintoni, Francesco Fantini, Maria Pia Gori, Davide Righi, Francesca Montalti, Marco |
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description | Herpes Zoster (shingles) is an infection that occurs when varicella-zoster virus reactivates from the latent state. Incidence and severity of Herpes Zoster disease increase with age. Antiviral drugs are the elective treatment; however, prevention of disease reactivation through effective and safe vaccines is available in Italy out-of-pocket from age 65 onwards. The Romagna Local Health Authority (northern Italy) administered catch-up vaccinations in March–May 2022 for immunizations not performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, adherence rates to the catch-up campaign and recall activities adopted in two centers were investigated. The uptakes for only the catch-up vaccinations were 11.4% and 12.4%. Having suffered from Herpes Zoster or having family members who suffered from it would not seem to be drivers of increased uptake. Although sending text-messages to all involved patients was the main motivation for vaccine uptake (85.7–95.1%), word of mouth and web/news advertising also contributed to adoption in Center No. 2. In both centers, the need for greater synergy between public health departments and general practitioners to engage their patients emerged, as did the need for additional recall measures. Studying the main drivers of vaccine hesitancy, especially at the local level, can help in targeting campaigns and catch-up activities in order to achieve widespread acceptance. |
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spelling | pubmed-96118132022-10-28 Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study Ceccarelli, Andrea Scrimaglia, Susan Fossi, Virginia Ceccaroni, Luigi Federici, Andrea Reali, Chiara Angelini, Raffaella Silvestrini, Giulia Sintoni, Francesco Fantini, Maria Pia Gori, Davide Righi, Francesca Montalti, Marco Vaccines (Basel) Article Herpes Zoster (shingles) is an infection that occurs when varicella-zoster virus reactivates from the latent state. Incidence and severity of Herpes Zoster disease increase with age. Antiviral drugs are the elective treatment; however, prevention of disease reactivation through effective and safe vaccines is available in Italy out-of-pocket from age 65 onwards. The Romagna Local Health Authority (northern Italy) administered catch-up vaccinations in March–May 2022 for immunizations not performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, adherence rates to the catch-up campaign and recall activities adopted in two centers were investigated. The uptakes for only the catch-up vaccinations were 11.4% and 12.4%. Having suffered from Herpes Zoster or having family members who suffered from it would not seem to be drivers of increased uptake. Although sending text-messages to all involved patients was the main motivation for vaccine uptake (85.7–95.1%), word of mouth and web/news advertising also contributed to adoption in Center No. 2. In both centers, the need for greater synergy between public health departments and general practitioners to engage their patients emerged, as did the need for additional recall measures. Studying the main drivers of vaccine hesitancy, especially at the local level, can help in targeting campaigns and catch-up activities in order to achieve widespread acceptance. MDPI 2022-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9611813/ /pubmed/36298636 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101770 Text en © 2022 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ceccarelli, Andrea Scrimaglia, Susan Fossi, Virginia Ceccaroni, Luigi Federici, Andrea Reali, Chiara Angelini, Raffaella Silvestrini, Giulia Sintoni, Francesco Fantini, Maria Pia Gori, Davide Righi, Francesca Montalti, Marco Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study |
title | Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study |
title_full | Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study |
title_fullStr | Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study |
title_short | Adherence to Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Catch-Up Campaign at the Romagna Local Health Authority (Italy), a Multi-Center Retrospective Observational Study |
title_sort | adherence to herpes zoster (shingles) catch-up campaign at the romagna local health authority (italy), a multi-center retrospective observational study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9611813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36298636 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101770 |
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