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Title: | Factors associated with influenza vaccination of hospitalized elderly patients in Spain |
Author: | Domínguez García, Àngela Soldevila, Núria Todelo, Diana Godoy i García, Pere Castilla, Jesús Force, Lluís Morales Suárez-Varela, María Mayoral, José María Egurrola, Mikel Tamames, Sonia Martín Sánchez, Vicente Astray, Jenaro Working Group of the Project PI12/02079 |
Keywords: | Influenzavirus Vacunació Persones grans Assistència hospitalària Espanya Influenza viruses Vaccination Older people Hospital care Spain |
Issue Date: | 29-Jan-2016 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Abstract: | Vaccination of the elderly is an important factor in limiting the impact of influenza in the com- munity. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with influenza vacci- nation coverage in hospitalized patients aged 65 years hospitalized due to causes unrelated to influenza in Spain. We carried out a cross-sectional study. Bivariate analysis was performed comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated patients, taking in to account sociodemographic variables and medical risk conditions. Multivariate analysis was per- formed using multilevel regression models. We included 1038 patients: 602 (58%) had received the influenza vaccine in the 2013 - 14 season. Three or more general practitioner visits (OR = 1.61; 95% CI 1.19 - 2.18); influenza vaccination in any of the 3 previous seasons (OR = 13.57; 95% CI 9.45 - 19.48); and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination (OR = 1.97; 95% CI 1.38 - 2.80) were associated with receiving the influenza vaccine. Vacci- nation coverage of hospitalized elderly people is low in Spain and some predisposing char- acteristics influence vaccination coverage. Healthcare workers should take these characteristics into account and be encouraged to proactively propose influenza vaccina- tion to all patients aged 65 years. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147931 |
It is part of: | PLoS One, 2016, vol. 11, num. 1, p. e0147931 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/104584 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147931 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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