Sagor Kholod H, AlAteeq Mohammed A
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2018 Jul;39(7):690-696. doi: 10.15537/smj.2018.7.22293.
To explore beliefs, attitudes, and barriers associated with uptake of the seasonal influenza vaccine among visitors to primary healthcare clinics.
This was a cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire-based study of 300 people visiting Family Medicine Centers, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between May 2017 and October 2017.
Most respondents reported that they never get vaccinated (63.3%), but most intend to get the vaccination in future. Only 7.7% of respondents had ever experienced side-effects from the influenza vaccine. Reported barriers to vaccination include: a desire to avoid medication, the fact that the Ministry of Health has not made vaccination obligatory, concerns about the side-effects of the vaccine, the belief that one is at low risk of acquiring influenza, and the idea that influenza is a simple disease with no need for prevention. The rate of vaccination was higher among males than females. More females than males said they refused the influenza vaccine because of concerns about side effects or having a phobia of injections.
Although most respondents said they were concerned about influenza and believed the vaccine to be effective, this study revealed a low rate of influenza vaccination. More public education and better arrangements for vaccination are required in the healthcare setting to overcome several reported barriers to vaccination.
探讨基层医疗诊所就诊者中与季节性流感疫苗接种相关的观念、态度及障碍。
这是一项横断面研究，采用基于问卷调查的方式，对2017年5月至2017年10月期间在沙特阿拉伯利雅得阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城家庭医学中心就诊的300人进行了调查。
大多数受访者表示他们从未接种过疫苗（63.3%），但大多数人打算在未来接种。只有7.7%的受访者曾经历过流感疫苗的副作用。报告的疫苗接种障碍包括：希望避免用药、卫生部未将疫苗接种规定为强制性、对疫苗副作用的担忧、认为自己感染流感的风险较低以及认为流感是一种无需预防的简单疾病。男性的疫苗接种率高于女性。因担心副作用或害怕打针而拒绝流感疫苗的女性多于男性。
尽管大多数受访者表示他们担心流感且认为疫苗有效，但本研究显示流感疫苗接种率较低。在医疗环境中需要更多的公众教育和更好的疫苗接种安排，以克服报告的几种疫苗接种障碍。
