Observational studySaudi medical journal2019
Influenza vaccine coverage, awareness, and beliefs regarding seasonal influenza vaccination among people aged 65 years and older in Central Saudi Arabia.
Observational study in Saudi medical journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Drivers of and barriers to routine adult vaccination: A systematic literature review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Pooled it
- Uptake of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines among older adults attending primary health care centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Assessing prevalence, knowledge, attitude, and practices associated with influenza vaccination among the people residing in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia.Saudi medical journal · 2025Article
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- Socio-demographic determinants of influenza vaccination uptake behavior: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia.Saudi medical journal · 2023Article
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- Moderately Low Effectiveness of the Influenza Quadrivalent Vaccine: Potential Mismatch between Circulating Strains and Vaccine Strains.Vaccines · 2023Article
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- Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Uptake According to the Presence of a Chronic Disease.Vaccines · 2023Article
- The COVID-19 vaccination decision-making preferences of elderly people: a discrete choice experiment.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Saudi Arabia Post COVID-19: A Web-Based Online Cross-Sectional Study.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Attitudes, Perceptions and Practices of Influenza Vaccination in the Adult Population: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Modelling the impact of universal influenza vaccines on seasonal influenza with different subtypes.Epidemiology and infection · 2021Article
- The influence of demographics on influenza vaccine awareness and hesitancy among adults visiting educational hospital in Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021Article
- Seasonal influenza vaccination coverage and its association with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.Informatics in medicine unlocked · 2021Article
- Motivators for the public to receive the seasonal influenza vaccination and the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the uptake of the seasonal influenza vaccination.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the level of awareness, sources of knowledge, and beliefs about the influenza vaccine in people ≥65 years in central Saudi Arabia.
methodsA cross-sectional study that used self-administered questionnaires conducted in 3 primary healthcare centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between May 2018 and August 2018.
resultsThere were 496 Saudis participants (70.2% male) were included, of whom, 47.8% had been vaccinated against influenza at least once. Of unvaccinated individuals, 46% believed that the vaccine was unnecessary. The majority of participants (70.2%) preferred to receive medical information on vaccination from doctors and health workers. Participants with higher levels of education were significantly more likely to have been vaccinated (p less than 0.05). Compared to the vaccinated participants, unvaccinated individuals were significantly less likely to be aware of the Ministry of Health campaign against influenza, believe that influenza vaccine does not weaken the immune system, know that elderly people and people with long-standing health problems should be regularly vaccinated against influenza, and believe that the influenza vaccine was the best way of prevention. Approximately 40% of the participants considered the influenza vaccine to be very effective and safe.
conclusionsThere is a need for further programs in order to increase the awareness level of influenza vaccination. Also, health workers need to make more effort to educate patients because they are the preferred source of information.
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