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14745655

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
43-44
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
More knowledge on the reasons for refusal of the influenza vaccine in elderly patients is essential to target groups for additional information, and hence improve coverage rate. The objective of the present study was to describe precisely the true motives for refusal. All patients aged over 64 who attended the Medical Outpatient Clinic, University of Lausanne, or their private practitioner's office during the 1999 and 2000 vaccination periods were included. Each patient was informed on influenza and its complications, as well as on the need for vaccination, its efficacy and adverse events. The vaccination was then proposed. In case of refusal, the reasons were investigated with an open question. Out of 1398 patients, 148 (12%) refused the vaccination. The main reasons for refusal were the perception of being in good health (16%), of not being susceptible to influenza (15%), of not having had the influenza vaccine in the past (15%), of having had a bad experience either personally or a relative (15%), and the uselessness of the vaccine (10%). Seventeen percent gave miscellaneous reasons and 12% no reason at all for refusal. Little epidemiological knowledge and resistance to change appear to be the major obstacles for wide acceptance of the vaccine by the elderly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1424-7860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
598-602
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence rate and reasons for refusals of influenza vaccine in elderly.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Outpatient Clinic, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article