Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology , Irbid, Jordan.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Royal Medical Services , Amman, Jordan.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Sep 1;16(9):2252-2256. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1718438. Epub 2020 Feb 11.
: The current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, level of knowledge and attitudes to seasonal influenza vaccination among older adults in Jordan. : This was a cross-sectional study in which a close-ended questionnaire was administered to older adults (65 years or older) in two major cities in Jordan between May 2018 and July 2018. A -value of less than 0.05 was considered the cutoff level for statistical significance. : Among 500 participants, only 1.2% (n = 6) received a seasonal influenza vaccine during the previous year. In assessing influenza disease and influenza vaccine knowledge, 47.8% had good knowledge. Around 61% of older adults reported influenza vaccine is effective against preventing influenza however, 49.8% reported that influenza could be treated with the influenza vaccine. Moreover, 27% thought the influenza vaccine is important for older adults. In terms of attitudes toward the vaccine, 24.6% had positive attitudes and 40.6% strongly agreed/agreed that influenza is a serious disease in older adults and they should take the influenza vaccine to prevent influenza. : The results of this study showed an extremely poor influenza vaccination rate among older adults and a low level of influenza vaccination knowledge and attitudes.
本研究旨在评估约旦老年人季节性流感疫苗接种的流行率、知识水平和态度。
这是一项横断面研究，于 2018 年 5 月至 2018 年 7 月在约旦的两个主要城市对老年人（65 岁及以上）进行了一项封闭式问卷调查。小于 0.05 的 P 值被认为具有统计学意义。
在 500 名参与者中，只有 1.2%（n=6）在过去一年中接种了季节性流感疫苗。在评估流感疾病和流感疫苗知识方面，47.8%的人具有良好的知识。约 61%的老年人表示流感疫苗能有效预防流感，但 49.8%的人表示流感可以用流感疫苗治疗。此外，27%的人认为流感疫苗对老年人很重要。在对疫苗的态度方面，24.6%的人持积极态度，40.6%的人强烈同意/同意老年人流感是一种严重的疾病，他们应该接种流感疫苗以预防流感。
这项研究的结果表明，约旦老年人的流感疫苗接种率极低，流感疫苗知识和态度水平较低。
