التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Vaccination practices in patients with inflammatory bowel disease among general internal medicine physicians in the USA. |
| المؤلفون: |
Gurvits, Grigoriy E., Lan, Gloria, Tan, Amy, Weissman, Arlene |
| المصدر: |
Postgraduate Medical Journal; Jun2017, Vol. 93 Issue 1100, p333-337, 5p, 2 Charts |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
VACCINATION, INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases, PATIENT compliance, PRIMARY care, PHYSICIANS' attitudes, HEALTH attitudes, IMMUNIZATION, MEDICAL protocols, PRIMARY health care, PROGNOSIS, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED States |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Increasing prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) poses significant challenges to medical community. Preventive medicine, including vaccination against opportunistic infections, is important in decreasing morbidity and mortality in patients with IBD. We conduct first study to evaluate general awareness and adherence to immunisation guidelines by primary care physicians in the USA.Methods: We administered an electronic questionnaire to the research panel of the American College of Physicians (ACP) assessing current vaccination practices, barriers to vaccination and provider responsibility for administering vaccinations and compared responses with the European Crohn's and Colitis Organization consensus guidelines and expert opinion from the USA.Results: All of surveyed physicians (276) had experience with patients with IBD and spent majority of their time in direct patient care. 49% of physicians took immunisation history frequently or always, and 76% reported never or rarely checking immunisation antibody titres with only 2% doing so routinely. 65% of physicians believed that primary care providers (PCPs) were responsible for determining patient's immunisation. Vaccine administration was felt to be the duty of primary care doctor 80% of the time. 2.5% of physicians correctly recommended vaccinations all the time. Physicians were more likely to recommend vaccination to immunocompetent than immunocompromised patients. Up to 23% of physicians would incorrectly recommend live vaccine to immunocompromised patients with IBD.Conclusions: Current knowledge and degree of comfort among PCPs in the USA in preventing opportunistic infections in IBD population remain low. Management of patients with IBD requires structured approach to their healthcare maintenance in everyday practice, including enhanced educational policy aimed at primary care physicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
