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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2019 Mar;27(1):44-49. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a5231.
[h=1]Influenza vaccination prevalence among the elderly and individuals with chronic disease, and factors affecting vaccination uptake.[/h] Korkmaz P[SUP]1[/SUP], Paşali Kilit T[SUP]2[/SUP], Onbaşi K[SUP]2[/SUP], Mistanoglu Ozatag D[SUP]1[/SUP], Toka O[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]OBJECTIVE:[/h] Our aim is to evaluate influenza vaccination rates among the elderly and individuals with underlying chronic disease, and factors that affect vaccination uptake.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] The study comprised individuals aged 18-65 years with underlying chronic diseases, and individuals aged over 65 years. Literature-based questionnaires prepared by the researcher regarding vaccination were completed through face-to-face interviews by the principal investigator.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] A total of 818 participants were included in the study, 257 (31.4%) were males. The mean age of participants was 57.47 ? 14.11 years; 274 (33.5%) were aged 65 years and over. One hundred and three (12.6%) participants stated that they received vaccinations against influenza annually, and 144 (17.6%) stated that they had vaccination against influenza in the 2015/16 or 2016/17 season. Fifty-two (19%) participants aged more than 65 years stated that they received vaccinations against influenza annually, 75 (27.4%) stated that they had vaccination against influenza in the 2015/16 or 2016/17 season. The most commonly determined reasons for not receiving vaccination were not knowing that it was necessary (34%) and believing that vaccination was not necessary because they were healthy (26%). Statistically significantly more participants who gained their knowledge from a physician were vaccinated than those whose knowledge came from other sources (p < 0.05). Participants who considered that they had sufficient information about influenza were vaccinated more frequently, the results were statistically significant (p < 0.05).
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] Informing target risk groups about influenza vaccination by physicians and increasing awareness about influenza may contribute to increasing vaccination rates.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] chronic disease; elderly people; influenza; risk group; vaccination
PMID: 30927396 DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5231
[h=1]Influenza vaccination prevalence among the elderly and individuals with chronic disease, and factors affecting vaccination uptake.[/h] Korkmaz P[SUP]1[/SUP], Paşali Kilit T[SUP]2[/SUP], Onbaşi K[SUP]2[/SUP], Mistanoglu Ozatag D[SUP]1[/SUP], Toka O[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]OBJECTIVE:[/h] Our aim is to evaluate influenza vaccination rates among the elderly and individuals with underlying chronic disease, and factors that affect vaccination uptake.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] The study comprised individuals aged 18-65 years with underlying chronic diseases, and individuals aged over 65 years. Literature-based questionnaires prepared by the researcher regarding vaccination were completed through face-to-face interviews by the principal investigator.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] A total of 818 participants were included in the study, 257 (31.4%) were males. The mean age of participants was 57.47 ? 14.11 years; 274 (33.5%) were aged 65 years and over. One hundred and three (12.6%) participants stated that they received vaccinations against influenza annually, and 144 (17.6%) stated that they had vaccination against influenza in the 2015/16 or 2016/17 season. Fifty-two (19%) participants aged more than 65 years stated that they received vaccinations against influenza annually, 75 (27.4%) stated that they had vaccination against influenza in the 2015/16 or 2016/17 season. The most commonly determined reasons for not receiving vaccination were not knowing that it was necessary (34%) and believing that vaccination was not necessary because they were healthy (26%). Statistically significantly more participants who gained their knowledge from a physician were vaccinated than those whose knowledge came from other sources (p < 0.05). Participants who considered that they had sufficient information about influenza were vaccinated more frequently, the results were statistically significant (p < 0.05).
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] Informing target risk groups about influenza vaccination by physicians and increasing awareness about influenza may contribute to increasing vaccination rates.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] chronic disease; elderly people; influenza; risk group; vaccination
PMID: 30927396 DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5231