Italian physicians’ opinions on rotavirus vaccine implementation
Autor: | Laura Zaratti, Raffaele Arigliani, Elisabetta Franco, Michele Arigliani, Valentin Mita |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Rotavirus Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Coverage Beliefs 030106 microbiology lcsh:Medicine Disease Intentions medicine.disease_cause Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physicians medicine Immunology and Allergy 030212 general & internal medicine Molecular Biology Attitudes Immunization Knowledge New vaccines General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry lcsh:R Rotavirus vaccine Vaccination rotavirus new vaccines immunization coverage physicians knowledge attitudes beliefs intentions Infectious Diseases Settore MED/42 Vaccine refusal business Developed country Pediatric population |
Zdroj: | Pathogens, Vol 6, Iss 4, p 56 (2017) Pathogens; Volume 6; Issue 4; Pages: 56 Pathogens |
Popis: | Rotavirus (RV) infection is the main cause of severe acute gastroenteritis (GE) in the pediatric population and has a major impact in both developing and industrialized countries. The reduction of severe RVGE cases, followed by death or hospitalization, is considered the main benefit of RV vaccination, even though its implementation often faces obstacles. In Italy, the recently approved National Immunization Plan aims to overcome the differences among regions, offering a universal free RV vaccination. The aim of the study was to evaluate the opinions on benefit and acceptability of RV vaccination related to the perception of the burden of RV disease. Data were collected from 108 physicians in 2015 by a questionnaire consisting of 12 questions; some answers were compared with those obtained with a similar tool in 2011. The majority of respondents (76.2%) was convinced of the benefit of the vaccine and 57.4% recommended it routinely, but more than half indicated a |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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