Department of Family Medicine, General Practice and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Kitaibaraki Center for Family Medicine, Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan.
J Prim Care Community Health. 2022 Jan-Dec;13:21501319221076930. doi: 10.1177/21501319221076930.
INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: A primary care patient's decision to undergo seasonal influenza vaccination may have been different during the global COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020 to 2021 season. The purpose of this study is to investigate what affected primary care patients' decisions to undergo seasonal influenza vaccination in the 2020 to 2021 season.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted in a primary care clinic in Ibaraki, Japan. We used a purposive sampling strategy to reach individuals aged 20 years or older who underwent influenza vaccination. The transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis.
Twenty-one patients completed the interview. Two main themes emerged: the desire to avoid risks to one's health and being a part a community in coexistence with others. The first theme included desire to avoid influenza and expectations that vaccination will prevent severe disease. The second theme included concerns about the consequences of one's own influenza infection on others in the community and necessity of vaccination based on the surroundings and others.
Raising awareness of risk factors such as older age and comorbidities, and the expectations of community members might be effective in promoting influenza vaccination.
引言/目的：在 2020 至 2021 年的全球 COVID-19 大流行期间，初级保健患者接种季节性流感疫苗的决定可能有所不同。本研究旨在探讨在 2020 至 2021 年期间，哪些因素影响了初级保健患者接种季节性流感疫苗的决定。
在日本茨城县的一家初级保健诊所进行了半结构式访谈。我们采用了目的性抽样策略，以接触年龄在 20 岁或以上、接受流感疫苗接种的个人。使用主题分析对转录本进行分析。
21 名患者完成了访谈。出现了两个主要主题：避免健康风险和成为与他人共存的社区的一部分。第一个主题包括避免流感的愿望和对疫苗预防重症疾病的期望。第二个主题包括对自身流感感染对社区中其他人的后果的担忧，以及基于周围环境和他人的必要性接种疫苗。
提高对年龄较大和合并症等危险因素的认识，以及社区成员的期望，可能有助于促进流感疫苗接种。
