Physicians' Agreement on and Implementation of the 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Vaccination Guideline: An International Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the perspective of healthcare professionals towards the 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) vaccination guideline in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD).

Methods

Healthcare professionals who care for patients with AIIRD were invited to participate in an online survey regarding their perspective on the 2019 update of the EULAR recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with AIIRD. Level of agreement and implementation of the 6 overarching principles and 9 recommendations were rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1~5).

Results

Survey responses of 371 healthcare professionals from Asia (42.2%) and North America (41.6%), Europe (13.8%), and other countries were analyzed. Only 16.3% of partic

SUBMITTER: Seo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10351355 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature