Primary care physicians' perspectives on adults with diabetes and the recommended hepatitis B vaccine: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with diabetes are at an increased risk of contracting the hepatitis B virus (HBV). However, hepatitis B (HepB) vaccination rates among adults with diabetes are low. Factors influencing HepB vaccination have not been adequately explored.

Aims

The study aims to identify and understand the barriers adults with diabetes have in receiving the recommended HepB vaccine from the physicians' perspective.

Methods

This study used semi-structured interviews to ascertain the perspective of 11 primary care physicians (PCPs) in a large academic medical group about HepB vaccination among their patients with Type 1 and 2 diabetes. Thematic analysis yielded descriptions of barriers and strategies that could potentially impact HepB vaccination among adults with diabete

SUBMITTER: Muller DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11488695 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature