Özerdoğan Özgür, Oymak Sibel, Bakar Coşkun
Canakkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health - Çanakkale, Turkey.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2025 May 2;71(3):e20241779. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20241779. eCollection 2025.
Adulthood vaccination has not reached adequate levels, both in Turkey and around the world. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of vaccination in those aged 18 years.
This is a cross-sectional study. Questionnaires were applied to 686 participants attending Family Health Centers. For the analysis of data, the statistical significance used was p<0.05.
Notably, 72.4% of people had at least one vaccination in adulthood. The most frequent vaccinations were tetanus (55.1%), influenza (26.8%), and hepatitis B (8.2%). PATH analysis found that the effect of variables with direct effects on vaccination (apart from the situation of thinking that vaccinations are necessary in adulthood) disappeared in the model in which adult vaccine recommendations were used as mediators.
The adult vaccination situation is inadequate. It is necessary to inform society about adult vaccinations and recommend vaccination. Tools such as information given during health services and implementations such as social education and brochures, posters, media, and public information spots may be used with this aim.
在土耳其及全球范围内,成人疫苗接种率均未达到足够水平。本研究旨在确定18岁人群的疫苗接种知识、态度和行为。
这是一项横断面研究。对686名前往家庭健康中心的参与者进行了问卷调查。数据分析采用的统计学显著性水平为p<0.05。
值得注意的是,72.4%的人在成年后至少接种过一种疫苗。最常见的疫苗接种是破伤风(55.1%)、流感(26.8%)和乙肝(8.2%)。路径分析发现,对疫苗接种有直接影响的变量(除了认为成年期有必要接种疫苗的情况)在以成人疫苗建议作为中介变量的模型中效应消失。
成人疫苗接种情况不容乐观。有必要向社会宣传成人疫苗接种知识并推荐接种。可为此目的利用健康服务过程中提供的信息以及社会教育、宣传册、海报、媒体和公共信息点等工具。