Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Dermatology, Dammam Medical Complex. Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Med Arch. 2024;78(2):95-99. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2024.78.95-99.
Herpes Zoster (HZ), also known as Shingles, is a commonly occurring infection especially among the elderly. It is due to the reactivation of the dormant virus in the sensory ends that were present since the primary infection with the virus.
Our study aims at assessing the knowledge, attitudes practices beliefs and current barriers towards the Shingrix vaccine to fully understand where we stand and come up with proper recommendations to services these at-risk individuals and ultimately have a positive impact on the healthcare system.
Questionnaire based cross sectional study using a translated version of a previously developed and tested questionnaire.
more than 8000 participants responded to the survey. The vast majority had chicken pox before and did hear about the vaccine from different sources. Most of the participants had minimal knowledge regarding the vaccine and were willing to take it regardless of some safety concerns.
more efforts need to be conducted to enhance vaccine uptake in at risk populations in Saudi Arabia.
带状疱疹（HZ），也称为带状疱疹，是一种常见的感染，特别是在老年人中。它是由于潜伏在感觉末梢的病毒重新激活引起的，这些末梢在初次感染病毒时就存在了。
我们的研究旨在评估对 Shingrix 疫苗的知识、态度、实践、信念和当前障碍，以充分了解我们的立场，并提出适当的建议，为这些高危人群提供服务，并最终对医疗保健系统产生积极影响。
使用先前开发和测试的问卷的翻译版本进行基于问卷的横断面研究。
超过 8000 名参与者对该调查做出了回应。绝大多数人以前都得过水痘，并且从不同的来源听说过这种疫苗。大多数参与者对疫苗的了解很少，但无论存在一些安全问题，他们都愿意接种疫苗。
需要在沙特阿拉伯的高危人群中开展更多工作来提高疫苗接种率。
