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| The impact of dementia on influenza vaccination uptake in community and care home residents | | Author(s) | Sunil M Shah, Iain M Carey, Tess Harris |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 41, no 1, January 2012 |
| Pages | pp 64-69 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Influenza ; Immunisation ; Residents [care homes] ; Living in the community ; Usage [services]. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to examine the effect of dementia diagnosis on flu vaccination uptake in community and care home residents in England and Wales. Study participants were 378,462 community-dwelling older adults and 9,106 care home residents, all aged between 65 and 104 years in 2008-09. Predictors of vaccine uptake were examined adjusted for age, sex, area deprivation and major chronic diseases. Age and sex standardised uptake of influenza vaccine was 74.7% in community patients without dementia, 71.4% in community patients with dementia, 80.5% in care home patients without dementia and 83.3% in care home patients with dementia. In a fully adjusted model, compared with community patients without dementia, patients with dementia in the community were less likely to receive vaccination while care home patients with and without dementia were more likely to receive vaccination. Area deprivation and chronic diseases were, respectively, negative and positive predictors of uptake. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120503007 A |
| Classmark | EA: CJM: LLF: KX: K4: QLD |
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