Influenza vaccination of primary healthcare physicians may be associated with vaccination in their patients: a vaccination coverage study

BMC Family Practice

Research Article

Núria Torner¹  Pere Godoy²  Fernando González-Candelas³  Núria Soldevila⁴  Angela Domínguez⁴  Diana Toledo⁵  Vicente Martín⁶  Jesús Castilla⁷  Sonia Tamames⁸  José Diaz-Borrego⁹  José María Mayoral^1,10  Susana García^1,11  Jenaro Astray^1,12 

[1] Agencia de Salud Pública de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain;Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Agencia de Salud Pública de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain;Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Lleida, Universidad de Lleida (IRBLleida), Lleida, Spain;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain;Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain;Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain;Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Servicio de Epidemiología, Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain;Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad de León, León, Spain;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain;Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain;Dirección General de Salud Pública, Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Junta de Castilla y León, León, Spain;Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Sevilla, Spain;Servicio de Vigilancia de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain;Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Guipúzcoa, Spain;Área de Epidemiología, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;

关键词: Vaccine;    Influenza;    Physician;    Coverage;    Elderly;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12875-015-0259-0

 received in 2014-11-19, accepted in 2015-03-19,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTo assess the contribution of physician-related factors, especially their influenza vaccine status, in the vaccination coverage of their patients.MethodsA study of vaccination coverage was carried out in Spain in 2011–12. The dependent variable (vaccination coverage in patients aged ≥65 years) was obtained from regional records. Information was gathered on the vaccination of physicians through an anonymous web survey. We compared the vaccination coverage of patients with the vaccination of their physicians using the Student t test. Associations were determined using a multilevel regression model.ResultsThe coverage in patients aged ≥ 65 years was 56.3% and was higher (57.3%) in patients whose physician had been vaccinated than in those whose physician had not (55.2%) (p = 0.008). In the multilevel regression model, vaccination of the physician was associated (p = 0.049) with vaccination of their patients after controlling for the effects of age (p = 0.046), region (p = 0.089), and opinions on the effectiveness of the vaccine (p = 0.013).ConclusionsVaccination of physicians together with their opinions on the effectiveness of the vaccine may be a predictor of vaccination coverage in their patients. Further studies are required to confirm this.

【 授权许可】

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