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ArticleVaccines2020

Missed Opportunities of Flu Vaccination in Italian Target Categories: Insights from the Online EPICOVID 19 Survey.

Andrea Giacomelli, Massimo Galli, Stefania Maggi, Gabriele Pagani, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Claudio Pedone, Mauro Di Bari, Marianna Noale, Caterina Trevisan, Fabrizio Bianchi and 6 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea GiacomelliDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, Università di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3685-4289
Massimo GalliDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, Università di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Stefania MaggiNational Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Aging branch, Via Vincenzo Maria Gallucci 16, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Gabriele PaganiDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, Università di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Raffaele Antonelli IncalziUnit of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Biomedical Campus of Rome, via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Claudio PedoneUnit of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Biomedical Campus of Rome, via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1847-9032
Mauro Di BariGeriatric Intensive Care Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Viale Peraccini 18, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Marianna NoaleNational Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Aging branch, Via Vincenzo Maria Gallucci 16, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7115-139X
Caterina TrevisanNational Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Aging branch, Via Vincenzo Maria Gallucci 16, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9221-6997
Fabrizio BianchiNational Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3459-9301
Marcello TavioDivision of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca, 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Massimo AndreoniInfectious Diseases Clinic, Department of System Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Via Cracovia, 50, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Claudio MastroianniPublic Health and Infectious Disease Department, "Sapienza" University, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1286-467X
Aleksandra SojicNational Research Council, Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2318-4511
Federica PrinelliNational Research Council, Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9093-7643
Fulvio AdorniNational Research Council, Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6264-6876
Institute of Biomedical Technologies · ITUniversity of Milan · ITNeuroscience Institute · ITUniversità Campus Bio-Medico · ITAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti · ITDepartment of Public Health · MMIstituto di Fisiologia Clinica · ITUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to assess the reported rate of flu vaccination in the 2019/2020 season for respondents to the Italian nationwide online EPICOVID 19 survey. A national convenience sample of volunteers aged 18 or older was assessed between 13 April and 2 June 2020. Flu vaccine rates were calculated for all classes of age. The association between the independent variables and the flu vaccine was assessed by applying a multivariable binary logistic regression model. Of the 198,822 respondents, 41,818 (21.0%) reported having received a flu vaccination shot during the last influenza season. In particular, 15,009 (53.4%) subjects aged 65 years or older received a flu vaccination shot. Being 65 years aged or older (Adjusted Odds Ratios (aOR) 3.06, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 2.92-3.20) and having a high education level (aOR 1.34. 95%CI 1.28-1.41) were independently associated to flu vaccination. Heart and lung diseases were the morbidities associated with the higher odds of being vaccinated (aOR 1.97 (95%CI 1.86-2.09) and aOR 1.92 (95%CI 1.84-2.01), respectively). Nursing home residents aged ≥ 65 years showed lower odds of being vaccinated (aOR 0.39 (95%CI 0.28-0.54)). Our data indicate the need for an urgent public heath effort to fill the gap of missed vaccination opportunities reported in the past flu seasons.

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COVID-19elderlyinfluenzaItalySARS-CoV-2vaccine

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PMID33182426
PMCPMC7712748
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