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| contents | The provision of pharmaceutical advice improves patient vaccination status Joerg Fuchs Medicina Germany Counseling Vaccination Pharmacists Patient Education Aim: To increase vaccination rates in the wealthyindustrial nation of Germany. For a variety ofreasons there is a substantial deficit in the numberof individuals who receive vaccinations incomparison with other industrialized countries.Methods: In Autumn 2003, a regional vaccinationconsultation was initiated over a five-week period.Individuals involved in the study provided generalinformation, including their age, health status, andvaccination records, and received an extensiveconsultation in a pharmacy in Jena, Germany.Participants were provided with a written overviewof their vaccination status. After approximately fiveweeks, the vaccination status of each individual wasrecorded.Results: 312 of 2500 patients received intensivevaccination education based on their accompanyingvaccination documentation. Older individuals, whoare known for having the largest vaccination gap inGermany, represented the highest percentage ofpeople who used this service. The five mostcommonly required vaccinations had increasedsignificantly, five weeks after the consultation.These vaccination rate increases includeddiphtheria, which rose from 55.8 to 71.2%, tetanus,which rose from 73.1 to 86.5%, influenza, whichrose from 46.5 to 74.7%, pneumococcal, which rosefrom 32.4 to 62.8%, and tick-borne encephalitis,which rose from 31.9 to 42.4% (all p≤0.008).Conclusions: Well structured vaccinationconsultations help to raise vaccination rates. Thus,pharmacies should consider offering andimplementing this preventive measure so as tolower the rates of preventable disease and to savecosts. 2006 artículo científico 1885-642X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=69040403 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=690 Pharmacy Practice application/pdf Centro de investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmacéuticas Pharmacy Practice (España) Num.4 Vol.4 |
| format | Artículo científico |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 2006 |
| publisher | Centro de investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmacéuticas |
| spellingShingle | The provision of pharmaceutical advice improves patient vaccination status Joerg Fuchs Medicina Germany Counseling Vaccination Pharmacists Patient Education The provision of pharmaceutical advice improves patient vaccination status Joerg Fuchs Medicina Germany Counseling Vaccination Pharmacists Patient Education Aim: To increase vaccination rates in the wealthyindustrial nation of Germany. For a variety ofreasons there is a substantial deficit in the numberof individuals who receive vaccinations incomparison with other industrialized countries.Methods: In Autumn 2003, a regional vaccinationconsultation was initiated over a five-week period.Individuals involved in the study provided generalinformation, including their age, health status, andvaccination records, and received an extensiveconsultation in a pharmacy in Jena, Germany.Participants were provided with a written overviewof their vaccination status. After approximately fiveweeks, the vaccination status of each individual wasrecorded.Results: 312 of 2500 patients received intensivevaccination education based on their accompanyingvaccination documentation. Older individuals, whoare known for having the largest vaccination gap inGermany, represented the highest percentage ofpeople who used this service. The five mostcommonly required vaccinations had increasedsignificantly, five weeks after the consultation.These vaccination rate increases includeddiphtheria, which rose from 55.8 to 71.2%, tetanus,which rose from 73.1 to 86.5%, influenza, whichrose from 46.5 to 74.7%, pneumococcal, which rosefrom 32.4 to 62.8%, and tick-borne encephalitis,which rose from 31.9 to 42.4% (all p≤0.008).Conclusions: Well structured vaccinationconsultations help to raise vaccination rates. Thus,pharmacies should consider offering andimplementing this preventive measure so as tolower the rates of preventable disease and to savecosts. 2006 artículo científico 1885-642X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=69040403 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=690 Pharmacy Practice application/pdf Centro de investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmacéuticas Pharmacy Practice (España) Num.4 Vol.4 |
| title | The provision of pharmaceutical advice improves patient vaccination status |
| topic | Medicina Germany Counseling Vaccination Pharmacists Patient Education |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=69040403 |