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The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme
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. PATIEN...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36338873 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S382311 |
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author | Ates Bulut, Esra Badak, Suade Ozlem Aksoy, Huseyin Fadiloglu, Ayse Isik, Ahmet Turan |
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description | 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 AND METHODS: 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-96355502022-11-05 The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme Ates Bulut, Esra Badak, Suade Ozlem Aksoy, Huseyin Fadiloglu, Ayse Isik, Ahmet Turan Clin Interv Aging Original Research 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 AND METHODS: 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. Dove 2022-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9635550/ /pubmed/36338873 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S382311 Text en © 2022 Ates Bulut et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ates Bulut, Esra Badak, Suade Ozlem Aksoy, Huseyin Fadiloglu, Ayse Isik, Ahmet Turan The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme |
title | The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme |
title_full | The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme |
title_fullStr | The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme |
title_full_unstemmed | The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme |
title_short | The Awareness and Attitude of Physicians to Older Adult Routine Vaccination Scheme |
title_sort | awareness and attitude of physicians to older adult routine vaccination scheme |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36338873 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S382311 |
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