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Interventional program dramatically increases influenza vaccination rates among the elderly.(Brief Article)
2002 SEP 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A Swiss program to promote influenza vaccination in elderly adults more than doubled the immunization rate at a Swiss clinic.
"Though influenza is a serious health problem for elderly people, their influenza vaccination rate remains low in Switzerland," commented Jean-Paul Humair and colleagues at Geneva University Hospital. "Our aim was to assess the impact of an intervention combining multiple strategies to promote influenza vaccination of elderly patients in primary care."
The investigators assessed the success of a program designed to increase influenza vaccination rates among elderly Swiss visiting a primary care center in 1995 and/or 1996 by distributing informational leaflets, posting fliers, offering a walk-in vaccination clinic and a physician training workshop and sending out vaccination reminder notices. The study involved 664 adults older than 64 years.
Overall vaccination rates more than doubled, going from 21.7% before the program was implemented to 51.7% afterward. For the 144 patients who visited the clinic in both 1995 and 1996, the rate rose from 29.2% to 69.4%. Patients with chronic disease, heart disorders, or diabetes experienced the highest increases (3.2, 3.4, and 3.3 times higher, respectively).
For the 376 patients who visited the clinic during either 1995 or 1996, the overall rise was not as dramatic, increasing from 15.5% to ...
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