PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elif Sen
AU  - Fatma Ciftci
AU  - Nalan Demir
AU  - Oya Kayacan
TI  - Factors affecting attitude towards pneumococcal and influenza vaccination in patients admitting to a pulmonary diseases outpatient clinic
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P753
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P753.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P753.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - Patient knowledge and attitude towards influenza and pneumococcal vaccines may affect administration rates. Our aim was to assess factors affecting attitudes. A questionnairre was applied to 1058 patients (514 female 544 male) between October 2011-January 2012. Ratio of patients with a vaccination indication was 73,2%(n=775).Ratio of influenza-vaccinated (IV) patients (n:222,%21) or pneumococcal-vaccinated (PV) patients (n:61,%5,8) were determined. Of all patients, 64,5%(n=682) defined influenza and 68% (n=719) defined pneumococcal vaccine beneficial.Vaccination ratio upon physician advice was 82,4% for influenza and 83.6% for pneumococcus. More IV patients considered vaccine protective (p=0.001), decreases hospitalization rate(p=0.002), decreases pneumonia and death(p=0.02), pneumococcal vaccine is beneficial, and they were informed by the physician(p=0.001). IV patients had more cardiopulmonary disease and a vaccination rate against pneumococcus(p=0.001). Influenza-nonvaccinated patients were unaware of the necessity of the vaccine(p=]0.001). More PV patients considered the vaccine beneficial(p=0.001) and were more frequently informed by physician(p= 0.039). Pneumococcus-nonvaccinated patients were unaware of its necessity(p=0.001).PV patients had higher incidence of cardiopulmonary diseases. Our study shows that vaccination rates in vaccine-indicated patients were low. Vaccinated patients were more frequently informed by physician. The thought of patients that vaccination is beneficial and decreases the rate of severe conditions was distinctive in being vaccinated. The nonvaccinated patients were unaware of the vaccine's necessity.