The impact of covid-19 pandemic on recommended adult vaccination in elderly: A hospital-based study

Year 2024, , 28 - 34, 31.08.2024

Cemile Karaçepiş , Hacer Hicran Mutlu , Ayşe Gülek , Hasan Hüseyin Mutlu

https://doi.org/10.35514/mtd.2024.108

Abstract

Background: With the COVID-19 pandemic, significant changes have occurred all over the world and in Turkey. Recommended adult vaccination practices are one of them.
Objective: This study aims to compare the adult vaccination rates and awareness before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, marital status, education status, comorbidities), vaccines performed in adulthood, and reasons for getting vaccinated and avoiding vaccines before and during the pandemic were asked to the responders. The results were compared with the data of the study which was performed between 31.01.2017-01.06.2017 in the same outpatient clinic of the same hospital were used with permission of all the authors.
Results: It was observed that pneumococcal (9,9, % vs 56,5 %) (p<0,001), influenza (33,9 % vs 47,7 %) (p=0,004), tetanus (1,3 % vs 20,7 %) (p<0,001) and hepatitis B (0,7 % vs 4,8 %) (p=0,04) vaccination rate significantly increased during pandemic compared to the period before the pandemic.
Conclusion: The adult vaccination coverage was insufficient, on the other hand with the pandemic the adult particularly pneumococcal vaccination coverage has increased. It was considered that traditional and social media had an important role in this increase.

Keywords

vaccination, immunization schedule, COVID-19 pandemics, mass media, social media

Covid-19 pandemisinin önerilen erişkin aşılamalarına etkisi: Hastane temelli çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: COVİD-19 salgınıyla birlikte tüm dünyada ve Türkiye'de önemli değişiklikler meydana geldi. Önerilen yetişkin aşılama uygulamaları da bunlardan biridir. Bu çalışma, COVID-19 salgını öncesi ve sonrası yetişkinlerde aşılama oranlarını ve farkındalıklarını karşılaştırmayı amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntem: Yanıt verenlere sosyodemografik özellikler (yaş, cinsiyet, medeni durum, eğitim durumu, yandaş hastalıklar), yetişkinlikte yapılan aşılar, pandemi öncesi ve pandemi sırasında aşı yaptırma ve aşılardan kaçınma nedenleri soruldu. Sonuçlar tüm yazarların izni alınarak aynı hastanenin aynı polikliniğinde 31.01.2017-01.06.2017 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilen çalışmanın verileriyle karşılaştırıldı.
Bulgular: Pnömokok (%9,9 vs %56,5) (p<0,001), influenza (%33,9 vs %47,7) (p=0,004), tetanoz (%1,3 vs %) olduğu gözlendi. %20,7) (p<0,001) ve hepatit B (%0,7 vs %4,8) (p=0,04) aşılanma oranlarında pandemi öncesi döneme göre pandemi döneminde anlamlı artış görüldü.
Sonuç: Erişkin aşı kapsamı yetersiz olmakla birlikte, pandemiyle birlikte erişkinlerde özellikle pnömokok aşı kapsamı artmıştır. Bu artışta geleneksel ve sosyal medyanın önemli bir rolü olduğu değerlendirildi.

Keywords

aşılama, aşı takvimi, COVID-19 pandemisi, geleneksel medya, sosyal medya

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