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Knowledge of Pregnant Women on Efficiency and Safety of Influenza Vaccine

Year 2022, Volume: 16 Issue: 1, 32 - 39, 20.03.2022
https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.929727

Abstract

Objectives: Seasonal influenza is an infectious disease that causes significant losses in social and economic aspects as well as its direct impact on health, especially in risk groups. Serious complications, secondary pneumonia, stillbirth, acute respiratory failure risk and preterm birth can be seen in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters due to influenza. It is known that the flu vaccine is extremely effective and safe during pregnancy. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the knowledge level of pregnant women followed up in Pamukkale University gynecology and obstetrics outpatient clinic about the efficacy and safety of influenza vaccine. Method: Our study was conducted on pregnant women who applied to Pamukkale University Medical Faculty Hospital Gynecology and Obstetrics outpatient clinic in June-August 2017. The research is a descriptive study. Multiple pregnancies, those who did not speak Turkish, and those who did not want to participate in the study were not included in the study. Results: The average age of 205 people participating in our study was 28.8 + 0.89 and 56.6% (n = 116) were housewives. 50.7% of the pregnant women (n = 104) stated that they do not have information about the efficacy and safety of the flu vaccine. We found that 10.2% (n = 21) of the participants in our study had the flu vaccine before conceiving, and 70.2% (n = 144) thought that the flu vaccine was harmful for pregnant women. 66.3% of the participants (n = 136) learned from their family physician that they should have flu vaccine during pregnancy. As the education level of the participants increased, the state of knowing in which health institution the flu vaccine would be administered increased statistically significantly (p = 0.03). Those who thought that the flu vaccine was an effective and safe method of prevention had statistically significantly more influenza vaccine before they got pregnant (p <0.001). Those who thought that the flu vaccine was not an effective and safe method of prevention, statistically significantly more thought that getting the flu vaccine while pregnant was harmful (p <0.001). Conclusion: We found that approximately half of the pregnant women participating in the study did not have information about the safety of the flu vaccine and the majority of them thought that the flu vaccine was harmful for the pregnant women. However, pregnant women who found the flu vaccine effective and safe had more pre-pregnancy vaccines. In addition, the increase in education level was effective in the rate of knowing the centers where the flu vaccine was givenşeklinde

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  • Shavell VI, Moniz MH, Gonik B, Beigi RH. Influenza immunization in pregnancy: Overcoming patient and health care provider barriers. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207(3 SUPPL.):S67-S74. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.077
  • Chu HY, Englund JA. Maternal immunization. Clin Infect Dis. 2014;59(4):560-568. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu327
  • Jamieson DJ, Kissin DM, Bridges CB, Rasmussen SA. Benefits of influenza vaccination during pregnancy for pregnant women. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207(3):S17-S20. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.070
  • Erazo CE, Erazo C V., Grijalva MJ, Moncayo AL. Knowledge, attitudes and practices on influenza vaccination during pregnancy in Quito, Ecuador. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(72):1-11. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-10061-4
  • Harris JW. Influenza Occurrıng In Pregnant Women: A Statıstıcal Study Of Thırteen Hundred And Fıfty Cases. JAMA. 1918;72(14):978-980.
  • Wıdelock D, Csızmas L, Kleın S. Influenza, pregnancy, and fetal outcome. Public Health Rep. 1963;78(1):1-11. doi:10.2307/4591714
  • Schanzer DL, Langley JM, Tam TWS. Influenza-Attributed Hospitalization Rates Among Pregnant Women in Canada 1994-2000. J Obstet Gynaecol Canada. 2007;29(8):622-629. doi:10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32559-2
  • Celep G, Çamurdan AD. Gebelikte Aşı Uygulamaları. Euras J Fam Med. 2017;6(1):1-10.
  • Barry MA, Aljammaz KI, Alrashed AA. Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2020;7653745:6. doi:10.1155/2020/7653745
  • Çelen Ş, Demir N, Has R, et al. Doğum Öncesi Bakım Yönetim Rehberi. T.C.Sağlık Bakanlığı Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Kurumu, Yayın No: 924, Ankara, 2014.
  • Vaccines against influenza WHO position paper – November 2012. Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2012;87(47):461-476.
  • Naleway AL, Smith WJ, Mullooly JP. Delivering influenza vaccine to pregnant women. Epidemiol Rev. 2006;28(1):47-53. doi:10.1093/epirev/mxj002
  • Koul PA, Bali NK, Ali S, et al. Poor uptake of influenza vaccination in pregnancy in northern India. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014;127(3):234-237. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.05.021
  • Taksdal SE, Mak DB, Joyce S, et al. Predictors of uptake of influenza vaccination--a survey of pregnant women in Western Australia. Aust Fam Physician. 2013;42(8):582-586.
  • Khan AA, Varan AK, Esteves-Jaramillo A, et al. Influenza vaccine acceptance among pregnant women in urban slum areas, Karachi, Pakistan. Vaccine. 2015;33(39):5103-5109. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.014
  • KUL G, ERDOĞAN N. Gebelerin Mevsimsel İnfluenza Aşısı ile İlgili Bilgi, Tutum ve Davranışları. Anadolu Klin Tıp Bilim Derg. 2020;25(3):258-263. doi:10.21673/anadoluklin.747921
  • Pulatoğlu Ç, Turan G. Women’s knowledge and beliefs towards vaccination for influenza during pregnancy in turkey and underlying factors of misinformation: A single-centre cross-sectional study. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2020;28(2):124-129. doi:10.21101/cejph.a5907
  • Yudin MH, Salaripour M, Sgro MD. Pregnant Women’s Knowledge of Influenza and the Use and Safety of the Influenza Vaccine During Pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol Canada. 2009;31(2):120-125. doi:10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34095-6
  • Walsh JME, Mcphee SJ. A Systems Model of Clinical Preventive Care: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Patient and Physician. Heal Educ Behav. 1992;19(2):157-175. doi:10.1177/109019819201900202
  • Ertek M, Sevencan F, Kalaycioglu H, et al. Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)v Vaccination Status and Factors Affecting Vaccination: Ankara and Diyarbakir 2009 Data from Turkey. Mikrobiyol Bul. 2011 Oct;45(4):684-96.
  • Kang HS, De Gagne JC, Kim JH. Attitudes, Intentions, and Barriers Toward Influenza Vaccination Among Pregnant Korean Women. Health Care Women Int. 2015;36(9):1026-1038. doi:10.1080/07399332.2014.942903
  • Maurici M, Dugo V, Zaratti L, et al. Knowledge and attitude of pregnant women toward flu vaccination: a cross-sectional survey. J Matern Neonatal Med. 2016;29(19):3147-3150. doi:10.3109/14767058.2015.1118033
  • Bödeker B, Walter D, Reiter S, Wichmann O. Cross-sectional study on factors associated with influenza vaccine uptake and pertussis vaccination status among pregnant women in Germany. Vaccine. 2014;32(33):4131-4139. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.007
  • Mayet AY, Al-Shaikh GK, Al-Mandeel HM, Alsaleh NA, Hamad AF. Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and barriers associated with the uptake of influenza vaccine among pregnant women. Saudi Pharm J. 2017;25(1):76-82. doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2015.12.001
  • Stark LM, Power ML, Turrentine M, et al. Influenza Vaccination among Pregnant Women: Patient Beliefs and Medical Provider Practices. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2016;3281975:8. doi:10.1155/2016/3281975
  • Halperin BA, MacKinnon-Cameron D, McNeil S, Kalil J, Halperin SA. Maintaining the momentum: Key factors influencing acceptance of influenza vaccination among pregnant women following the H1N1 pandemic. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(12):3629-3641. doi:10.4161/21645515.2014.980684
  • Arriola CS, Vasconez N, Bresee J, Ministry of Civic Power for Health of Nicaragua, Ropero AM. Knowledge, attitudes and practices about influenza vaccination among pregnant women and healthcare providers serving pregnant women in Managua, Nicaragua. Vaccine. 2018;36(25):3686-3693. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.013
  • King JP, Hanson KE, Donahue JG, et al. Survey of influenza vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among pregnant women in the 2016-17 season. Vaccine. 2020;38(9):2202-2208. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.039
  • Offeddu V, Tam CC, Yong TT, et al. Coverage and determinants of influenza vaccine among pregnant women: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):890. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7172-8

Gebelerin Grip Aşısı Etkinliği ve Güvenirliği Hakkında Bilgi Düzeyi

Year 2022, Volume: 16 Issue: 1, 32 - 39, 20.03.2022
https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.929727

Abstract

Amaç: Mevsimsel grip özellikle risk gruplarında sağlık üzerine doğrudan etkisinin yanı sıra, sosyal ve ekonomik açılardan da önemli kayıplara neden olan bir enfeksiyon hastalığıdır. Gribe bağlı 2. ve 3. trimesterde ciddi komplikasyonlar, sekonder pnömoni, ölü doğum, akut solunum yetmezliği riski ve erken doğum görülebilmektedir. Grip aşısının, gebelik sırasında son derece etkili ve güvenli olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmadaki amacımız, Pamukkale Üniversitesi kadın hastalıkları ve doğum polikliniğinde takip edilen gebelerin, grip aşısının etkinliği ve güvenilirliği hakkında bilgi düzeylerini değerlendirmektir. Yöntem: Araştırmamız, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum polikliniğe 2017 Haziran-Ağustos aylarında başvuran gebelerde yapılmıştır. Araştırma, tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Çoğul gebelik olanlar, Türkçe bilmeyenler, çalışmaya katılmak istemeyenler çalışmaya dahil edilmemiştir. Bulgular: Çalışmamıza katılan 205 kişinin yaş ortalaması 28,8 + 0,89 ve %56,6’sı (n=116) ev hanımı idi. Gebelerin %50,7’si (n=104) grip aşısının etkinliği ve güvenirliği hakkında bilgiye sahip olmadığını belirtmiştir. Çalışmamıza katılanların %10,2’sinin (n=21) gebe kalmadan önce grip aşısı yaptırdığını, %70,2’sinin (n=144) grip aşısının gebeler için zararlı olduğunu düşündükleri saptanmıştır. Katılımcıların %66,3’ü (n=136) gebelik sürecinde grip aşısı olması gerektiğini aile hekiminden öğrenmiştir. Katılımcıların eğitim düzeyi arttıkça, grip aşısının hangi sağlık kuruluşunda yapılacağını bilme durumu istatiksel anlamlı bir şekilde artmıştır (p=0,03). Grip aşısının, etkili ve güvenli bir korunma yöntemi olduğunu düşünenler, istatiksel anlamlı olarak daha fazla gebe kalmadan önce grip aşısı yaptırmıştı (p<0,001). Grip aşısının etkili ve güvenli bir korunma yöntemi olmadığını düşünenler, istatiksel anlamlı olarak daha fazla gebeyken grip aşısı yaptırmanın zararlı olduğunu düşünüyordu (p<0,001). Sonuç: Çalışmaya katılan gebelerin, yaklaşık yarısı grip aşısının güvenirliği hakkında bilgiye sahip olmadığını ve büyük çoğunluğunun grip aşısının gebeler için zararlı olduğunu düşündükleri saptanmıştır. Ancak grip aşısını etkili ve güvenli bulan gebeler, daha fazla oranda gebelik öncesinde dönemde grip aşılarını yaptırmışlardı. Ayrıca eğitim düzeyi artışı, grip aşısının yapıldığı merkezleri bilme oranında etkili bulunmuştur.

References

  • Napolitano F, Napolitano P, Angelillo IF. Seasonal influenza vaccination in pregnant women: Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in Italy. BMC Infect Dis. 2017;17(1):1-7. doi:10.1186/s12879-016-2138-2
  • Sel G, Balcı S, Aynalı B, et al. Gebelerin grip aşısı yaptırmama nedenleri üzerine kesitsel çalışma. STED / Sürekli Tıp Eğitimi Derg. 2020;29(4):281-286. doi:10.17942/sted.746876
  • Shavell VI, Moniz MH, Gonik B, Beigi RH. Influenza immunization in pregnancy: Overcoming patient and health care provider barriers. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207(3 SUPPL.):S67-S74. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.077
  • Chu HY, Englund JA. Maternal immunization. Clin Infect Dis. 2014;59(4):560-568. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu327
  • Jamieson DJ, Kissin DM, Bridges CB, Rasmussen SA. Benefits of influenza vaccination during pregnancy for pregnant women. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207(3):S17-S20. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.070
  • Erazo CE, Erazo C V., Grijalva MJ, Moncayo AL. Knowledge, attitudes and practices on influenza vaccination during pregnancy in Quito, Ecuador. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(72):1-11. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-10061-4
  • Harris JW. Influenza Occurrıng In Pregnant Women: A Statıstıcal Study Of Thırteen Hundred And Fıfty Cases. JAMA. 1918;72(14):978-980.
  • Wıdelock D, Csızmas L, Kleın S. Influenza, pregnancy, and fetal outcome. Public Health Rep. 1963;78(1):1-11. doi:10.2307/4591714
  • Schanzer DL, Langley JM, Tam TWS. Influenza-Attributed Hospitalization Rates Among Pregnant Women in Canada 1994-2000. J Obstet Gynaecol Canada. 2007;29(8):622-629. doi:10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32559-2
  • Celep G, Çamurdan AD. Gebelikte Aşı Uygulamaları. Euras J Fam Med. 2017;6(1):1-10.
  • Barry MA, Aljammaz KI, Alrashed AA. Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2020;7653745:6. doi:10.1155/2020/7653745
  • Çelen Ş, Demir N, Has R, et al. Doğum Öncesi Bakım Yönetim Rehberi. T.C.Sağlık Bakanlığı Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Kurumu, Yayın No: 924, Ankara, 2014.
  • Vaccines against influenza WHO position paper – November 2012. Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2012;87(47):461-476.
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  • Koul PA, Bali NK, Ali S, et al. Poor uptake of influenza vaccination in pregnancy in northern India. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014;127(3):234-237. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.05.021
  • Taksdal SE, Mak DB, Joyce S, et al. Predictors of uptake of influenza vaccination--a survey of pregnant women in Western Australia. Aust Fam Physician. 2013;42(8):582-586.
  • Khan AA, Varan AK, Esteves-Jaramillo A, et al. Influenza vaccine acceptance among pregnant women in urban slum areas, Karachi, Pakistan. Vaccine. 2015;33(39):5103-5109. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.014
  • KUL G, ERDOĞAN N. Gebelerin Mevsimsel İnfluenza Aşısı ile İlgili Bilgi, Tutum ve Davranışları. Anadolu Klin Tıp Bilim Derg. 2020;25(3):258-263. doi:10.21673/anadoluklin.747921
  • Pulatoğlu Ç, Turan G. Women’s knowledge and beliefs towards vaccination for influenza during pregnancy in turkey and underlying factors of misinformation: A single-centre cross-sectional study. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2020;28(2):124-129. doi:10.21101/cejph.a5907
  • Yudin MH, Salaripour M, Sgro MD. Pregnant Women’s Knowledge of Influenza and the Use and Safety of the Influenza Vaccine During Pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol Canada. 2009;31(2):120-125. doi:10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34095-6
  • Walsh JME, Mcphee SJ. A Systems Model of Clinical Preventive Care: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Patient and Physician. Heal Educ Behav. 1992;19(2):157-175. doi:10.1177/109019819201900202
  • Ertek M, Sevencan F, Kalaycioglu H, et al. Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)v Vaccination Status and Factors Affecting Vaccination: Ankara and Diyarbakir 2009 Data from Turkey. Mikrobiyol Bul. 2011 Oct;45(4):684-96.
  • Kang HS, De Gagne JC, Kim JH. Attitudes, Intentions, and Barriers Toward Influenza Vaccination Among Pregnant Korean Women. Health Care Women Int. 2015;36(9):1026-1038. doi:10.1080/07399332.2014.942903
  • Maurici M, Dugo V, Zaratti L, et al. Knowledge and attitude of pregnant women toward flu vaccination: a cross-sectional survey. J Matern Neonatal Med. 2016;29(19):3147-3150. doi:10.3109/14767058.2015.1118033
  • Bödeker B, Walter D, Reiter S, Wichmann O. Cross-sectional study on factors associated with influenza vaccine uptake and pertussis vaccination status among pregnant women in Germany. Vaccine. 2014;32(33):4131-4139. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.007
  • Mayet AY, Al-Shaikh GK, Al-Mandeel HM, Alsaleh NA, Hamad AF. Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and barriers associated with the uptake of influenza vaccine among pregnant women. Saudi Pharm J. 2017;25(1):76-82. doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2015.12.001
  • Stark LM, Power ML, Turrentine M, et al. Influenza Vaccination among Pregnant Women: Patient Beliefs and Medical Provider Practices. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2016;3281975:8. doi:10.1155/2016/3281975
  • Halperin BA, MacKinnon-Cameron D, McNeil S, Kalil J, Halperin SA. Maintaining the momentum: Key factors influencing acceptance of influenza vaccination among pregnant women following the H1N1 pandemic. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(12):3629-3641. doi:10.4161/21645515.2014.980684
  • Arriola CS, Vasconez N, Bresee J, Ministry of Civic Power for Health of Nicaragua, Ropero AM. Knowledge, attitudes and practices about influenza vaccination among pregnant women and healthcare providers serving pregnant women in Managua, Nicaragua. Vaccine. 2018;36(25):3686-3693. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.013
  • King JP, Hanson KE, Donahue JG, et al. Survey of influenza vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among pregnant women in the 2016-17 season. Vaccine. 2020;38(9):2202-2208. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.039
  • Offeddu V, Tam CC, Yong TT, et al. Coverage and determinants of influenza vaccine among pregnant women: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):890. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7172-8
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects ​Internal Diseases
Journal Section Orijinal Articles
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Sabri Oktay This is me 0000-0003-1804-5103

Mehmet Arslan 0000-0003-2791-4622

Nilüfer Emre 0000-0002-6519-0920

Tamer Edirne 0000-0001-9683-5624

Aysun Özşahin 0000-0002-5768-4146

Publication Date March 20, 2022
Submission Date May 20, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 16 Issue: 1

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Vancouver Oktay S, Arslan M, Emre N, Edirne T, Özşahin A. Gebelerin Grip Aşısı Etkinliği ve Güvenirliği Hakkında Bilgi Düzeyi. TJFMPC. 2022;16(1):32-9.

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