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- Title
Impact of medical and behavioural factors on influenza-like illness, healthcare-seeking, and antiviral treatment during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic: USA, 2009–2010.
- Authors
BIGGERSTAFF, M.; JHUNG, M. A.; REED, C.; GARG, S.; BALLUZ, L.; FRY, A. M.; FINELLI, L.
- Abstract
We analysed a cross-sectional telephone survey of U.S. adults to assess the impact of selected characteristics on healthcare-seeking behaviours and treatment practices of people with influenza-like illness (ILI) from September 2009 to March 2010. Of 216 431 respondents, 8·1% reported ILI. After adjusting for selected characteristics, respondents aged 18–64 years with the following factors were more likely to report ILI: a diagnosis of asthma [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1·88, 95% CI 1·67–2·13] or heart disease (aOR 1·41, 95% CI 1·17–1·70), being disabled (aOR 1·75, 95% CI 1·57–1·96), and reporting financial barriers to healthcare access (aOR 1·63, 95% CI 1·45–1·82). Similar associations were seen in respondents aged ⩾65 years. Forty percent of respondents with ILI sought healthcare, and 14% who sought healthcare reported receiving influenza antiviral treatment. Treatment was not more frequent in patients with high-risk conditions, except those aged 18–64 years with heart disease (aOR 1·90, 95% CI 1·03–3·51). Of patients at high risk for influenza complications, self-reported ILI was greater but receipt of antiviral treatment was not, despite guidelines recommending their use in this population.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SENDAI virus diseases; MEDICAL care; ANTIVIRAL agents; DRUG therapy; ASTHMA diagnosis; H1N1 influenza
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2014, Vol 142, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0950268813000654