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Título:	Influenza vaccination of primary healthcare physicians may be associated with vaccination in their patients: a vaccination coverage study
Autor/a:	Godoy i García, Pere; Castilla, Jesús; Mayoral, José María; Martín, Vicente; Astray, Jenaro; Torner, Núria; Toledo, Diana; Soldevila, Núria; González Candela, Fernando; García, Susana; Díaz Borrego, José; Tamames, Sonia; Domínguez, Ángela; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Working Group for the Survey on Influenza Vaccination in Primary Health Care Professionals
Abstract:	BACKGROUND: To assess the contribution of physician-related factors, especially their influenza vaccine status, in the vaccination coverage of their patients. METHODS: A 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. RESULTS: The 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). CONCLUSIONS: Vaccination 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.
Abstract:	This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Institute of Health Carlos III, Programme of Research on Influenza A/H1N1 (Grant GR09/0030), and the Catalan Agency for the Management of Grants for University Research (AGAUR Grant number 2014/ SGR 421403).
Materia(s):	-Grip -Vacunes -Vaccine -Influenza -Physician -Coverage -Elderly
Derechos:	© 2015 Godoy et al.; licensee BioMed Central. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative/nCommons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and/nreproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain/nDedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article,/nunless otherwise stated. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Tipo de documento:	Artículo Artículo - Versión publicada
Editor:	BioMed Central
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