Factors influencing the uptake of influenza vaccination in African American patients with heart failure : Findings from a large urban public hospital

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BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that annual influenza vaccination may prevent acute heart failure exacerbation episodes and improve survival.

OBJECTIVE: Determine the influenza vaccination rate among African American patients with heart failure and identify predictors of uptake.

METHODS: African American patients with heart failure were recruited at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta GA between October 1, 2017 and April 28, 2018 (N = 281). All participants completed a questionnaire.

RESULTS: Mean age of the sample was 50.5 ± 11.5 years (58% male). The influenza vaccination rate among the patients was 46% (n = 129/281). Patients who received vaccination information and recommendation from their physician, especially cardiologists, were significantly more likely to be vaccinated than those who did not (P<0.05). Major reasons for declining vaccination included fear of getting sick from influenza vaccine and distrust of the pharmaceutical companies that produce vaccines.

CONCLUSIONS: Recommendation of influenza vaccines by physicians during medical consultations and cardiology visits may improve uptake rates in heart failure patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Heart & lung : the journal of critical care - 49(2020), 3 vom: 10. Mai, Seite 233-237

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Olanipekun, Titilope [VerfasserIn]
Effoe, Valery S [VerfasserIn]
Olanipekun, Olalekan [VerfasserIn]
Igbinomwanhia, Efehi [VerfasserIn]
Kola-Kehinde, Onaopepo [VerfasserIn]
Fotzeu, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Bakinde, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Rachael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Heart failure
Hospitalization
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Recommendation
Uptake

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Date Completed 21.12.2020

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.hrtlng.2019.12.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305787497