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Prev Med. 2012 Jun 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Factors associated with continued adherence to influenza vaccination in the elderly.
Mart?nez-Baz I, Aguilar I, Mor?n J, Alb?niz E, Aldaz P, Castilla J.
Source
Instituto de Salud P?blica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
We aimed to analyze the factors influencing continued adherence to influenza vaccination in elderly persons vaccinated in the preceding season.
METHODS:
Using a population-based vaccination registry, we evaluated the proportion of persons vaccinated against influenza in Navarre, Spain, in the 2010-11 season among non-institutionalized persons aged 65years or over who had been vaccinated in the 2009-10 season. Logistic regression was used to analyze the influence of sociodemographic, clinical and health care factors.
RESULTS:
Of the 64,245 persons vaccinated against influenza in the 2009-10 season, 87% were vaccinated in the 2010-11 season. Continued adherence to vaccination increased with the number of physician visits per year. It was lower in women, in the 65-69 and ≥95year age-groups, in those hospitalized or diagnosed with any major chronic condition in the previous year, and in persons with hematological cancer or dementia. Health districts and physicians with higher coverage in the previous season continued to have higher adherence in the following season.
CONCLUSIONS:
People vaccinated against influenza in one season tend to be vaccinated in the following one. Sociodemographic, clinical and health care factors have a moderate effect on continuity of vaccination, with the most important factor being the treating physician.
Copyright ? 2012. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PMID:
22759626
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22759626
Factors associated with continued adherence to influenza vaccination in the elderly.
Mart?nez-Baz I, Aguilar I, Mor?n J, Alb?niz E, Aldaz P, Castilla J.
Source
Instituto de Salud P?blica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
We aimed to analyze the factors influencing continued adherence to influenza vaccination in elderly persons vaccinated in the preceding season.
METHODS:
Using a population-based vaccination registry, we evaluated the proportion of persons vaccinated against influenza in Navarre, Spain, in the 2010-11 season among non-institutionalized persons aged 65years or over who had been vaccinated in the 2009-10 season. Logistic regression was used to analyze the influence of sociodemographic, clinical and health care factors.
RESULTS:
Of the 64,245 persons vaccinated against influenza in the 2009-10 season, 87% were vaccinated in the 2010-11 season. Continued adherence to vaccination increased with the number of physician visits per year. It was lower in women, in the 65-69 and ≥95year age-groups, in those hospitalized or diagnosed with any major chronic condition in the previous year, and in persons with hematological cancer or dementia. Health districts and physicians with higher coverage in the previous season continued to have higher adherence in the following season.
CONCLUSIONS:
People vaccinated against influenza in one season tend to be vaccinated in the following one. Sociodemographic, clinical and health care factors have a moderate effect on continuity of vaccination, with the most important factor being the treating physician.
Copyright ? 2012. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PMID:
22759626
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22759626