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- Title
AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING AMONG PHYSICIANS REGARDING INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS.
- Authors
Shaikh, Naveed Ahmed; Talpur, Mir Fahad Hussain; Shah, Shahbaz Ali; Kumar, Rajesh; Bhatti, Khalid Iqbal; Ashraf, Tariq; Samad, Ayesha; Hussain, Syed Taimour
- Abstract
Objectives: We conducted this survey to evaluate the knowledge of cardiologists, internists, and family physicians regarding influenza and pneumonia vaccination among cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients. Methodology: An online survey was conducted including practicing cardiologist, internists, and family physicians at various positions working in tertiary health care centres of all major hospitals in all over the Pakistan. A structured questionnaire was designed to as sess the physicians' knowledge toward influenza and pneumococcal vaccine and barriers for prescribing it to the recommended CVD patients. Results: A total of 380 physicians participated in this survey, out of which 58.9% (224) were male and majority 96.3% (366) were = 40 years of age. A 82.6% (314) participants indorsed that the pneumococcal vaccine is Class I indication in cardiac patients above 65 years of age, while, 48.2% (183) considered it to be recommended by the ACC/AHA in all age groups of cardiac patients. Pneumococcal vaccine are considered to be live attenuated vaccines by the 41.8% (159) of the participants. The mean knowledge score was found to be 63.09 ± 13.61. The most common stated reasons for not prescribing pneumococcal vaccine was not re adily available, 42.9% (42), followed by the perception that it is not indicated, 36.7% (36). Conclusion: Most of the physicians were not thoroughly well-aware about indications of the vaccine in CVD patients. Additionally, scope of the vaccine is under -estimated because of lack of knowledge regarding importance of vaccine and secondly due to unavailability of vaccine in most of the areas of Pakistan.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; CARDIOLOGISTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL vaccines; INFLUENZA vaccines; PHYSICIANS; INFORMATION sharing; TERTIARY care
- Publication
Pakistan Heart Journal, 2022, Vol 55, Issue 1, p10
- ISSN
0048-2706
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47144/phj.v55i1.2194