Dabek Józefa, Gierek Danuta, Bonek-Wytrych Grazyna, Koj Jacek, Lepich Tomasz, Bajor Grzegorz
Department of Cardiology, Silesian Medical University of Katowice, Poland.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2011 Sep;31(183):159-64.
Influenza is one of the most common diseases in the world. It occurs seasonally and is a viral disease contracted by a direct contact (respiratory droplets), causing many serious complications. The best way to prevent influenza is to get vaccinated once a year, which is the cheapest and the most effective protection. Research results have confirmed positive effects of influenza vaccination in the group of patients above the age of 65 and under the age of five. The group of high-risk patients comprises people with chronic diseases, especially people suffering from chronic conditions like heart and lung diseases. The aim of the study was to evaluate influenza vaccination and influenza incidence rate.
Family Doctor Office and Cardiology Clinic patients were included to the study The source of data was questionnaire concerning anti-influenza avaccination and influenza occurrence. Another source of the data were records from the National Health Institute, the Public Sanitation Institute and the Warsaw Epidemiological Center.
The research was conducted on a group of 312 patients. In this group, 134 people got vaccinated against the seasonal influenza (42.94%). Regular vaccination was declared by 78 patients (58.20%). 29 people had symptoms of influenza. From a group of higher-risk patients above the age of 65, 35 patients got vaccinated (51.47%). In this group only 3 people got ill (8.57%).
According to research, not enough Poles get vaccinated against seasonal influenza. Moreover, not all of them do this regularly. Vaccinated people get ill less frequently than people who have not been vaccinated, which proves the effectiveness of vaccination. There is a need of further informative actions and wide-spread activities in order to increase the number of vaccinated people, especially from a higher risk group, which - based on the latest research results - is significant in a prevention of complications, including the development of acute coronary syndrome.
流感是世界上最常见的疾病之一。它具有季节性，是一种通过直接接触（呼吸道飞沫）感染的病毒性疾病，会引发许多严重并发症。预防流感的最佳方法是每年接种疫苗，这是最经济且最有效的防护措施。研究结果已证实流感疫苗接种对65岁以上及5岁以下患者群体有积极效果。高危患者群体包括患有慢性病的人，尤其是患有心肺疾病等慢性病的人。该研究的目的是评估流感疫苗接种情况和流感发病率。
研究纳入了家庭医生诊所和心脏病诊所的患者。数据来源是关于抗流感疫苗接种和流感发生情况的问卷。数据的另一个来源是国家卫生研究所、公共卫生研究所和华沙流行病学中心的记录。
该研究针对312名患者进行。在这个群体中，134人接种了季节性流感疫苗（42.94%）。78名患者（58.20%）宣称定期接种。29人出现流感症状。在65岁以上的高危患者群体中，35人接种了疫苗（51.47%）。在这个群体中只有3人患病（8.57%）。
根据研究，接种季节性流感疫苗的波兰人不足。此外，并非所有人都定期接种。接种疫苗的人比未接种的人患病频率更低，这证明了疫苗接种的有效性。需要进一步开展宣传行动和广泛活动，以增加接种疫苗的人数，特别是高危群体的人数，根据最新研究结果，这对于预防并发症，包括急性冠状动脉综合征的发生具有重要意义。
