Prevalence of influenza vaccination in adults and elderly with chronic respiratory diseases

Cadernos de saúde pública
Aldiane Gomes de Macedo Bacurau, Priscila Maria Stolses Bergamo Francisco

Abstract

The objective was to estimate the prevalence of influenza vaccination in adults and elderly with chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs). The sample included individuals 20 to 59 years of age (n = 23,329) and ≥ 60 years (n = 9,019) that participated in the Brazilian National Survey on Access, Utilization, and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines (PNAUM) in 2013-2014. We estimated influenza vaccination prevalence rates and respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Associations were verified with the Rao-Scott chi-square test, with significance set at 5%. For all adults and elderly with CRD, prevalence of vaccination was 42.1% (95%CI: 37.2-47.1), with a statistically difference between the two age groups (p < 0.001). The adult population showed significant differences according to marital status (p < 0.05), and the elderly population showed higher vaccination prevalence in the South of Brazil compared to the Northeast (p < 0.05). For the sample as a whole, chronic bronchitis was the most frequently reported disease (43.5%). Considering each specific disease, the percentage of vaccinated adults was low, varying from 25% (other respiratory diseases) to 42% (chronic bronchitis), without a statistically significant difference (p = 0...Continue Reading

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