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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

OCTUBRE 2017 N° 8 Volumen 20

Compliance with the vaccination schedule against Hepatitis A, B and A+B in international travellers

Section: Originals

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Crespo Alonso A, Pedraza Montero E, Villar Tojeiro B. Cumplimiento de las pautas de vacunación de hepatitis A, B y A+B en viajeros internacionales. Metas Enferm oct 2017; 20(8): 18-23.

Authors

Ana Crespo Alonso1, Elena Pedraza Montero1, Braulio Villar Tojeiro1

Position

1Enfermera/o. Sanidad Exterior. Centro de Vacunación Internacional de Vigo (Pontevedra)

Contact address

Elena Pedraza Montero. Rua Galicia, 2-portal C, 4º C. 36450 Salvaterra de Miño (Pontevedra).

Contact email: elena.pedraza.montero@hotmail.com

Abstract

Objective: to determine the compliance with the vaccination schedule against Hepatitis A (HA), Hepatitis B (HB) and Hepatitis A+B (HA+B), regarding the number of doses administered and the intervals between them, according to the recommendations in the product specifications.
Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study among those travellers who attended the International Vaccination Centre in Vigo
(IVC) between June, 1st, 2011 and November, 30th, 2013. Sociodemographical, travel and vaccination variables were collected.
Results: the total sample included 1,028 travellers, 62.9% were male, with 35.2 years as mean age. The total number of prescriptions for vaccination initiation was 1,117, distributed as follows: HA (58.9%), HA+B (15.9%), HA and HB (13.7%) and HB (11.6%). A 4.2% of travellers refused to be vaccinated. The overall compliance rate was 41.4%; and specifically, 38.5% for HA, 37.2% for HB and 55.7% for HA+B.
Conclusions: the majority of travellers accept vaccination, though it has been observed that there is poor compliance of its schedule, leading to different consequences for the health of travellers. The high rate of vaccination initiation does not coincide with its continuity, and therefore the IVC must implement measures in order to improve adherence, such as reminder systems for subsequent vaccine doses, probing into the reasons for non-compliance in order to eliminate barriers, and implementation of different vaccination schedules that will facilitate compliance and rapid immunization.

Keywords:

Travels; Travel Medicine; Vaccines; vaccination; immunization; viral hepatitis; treatment compliance; patient cooperation; cross-sectional studies

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Título:

Cumplimiento de las pautas de vacunación de hepatitis A, B y A+B en viajeros internacionales

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