Impact of intensive health education on influenza vaccination and acute exacerbations in outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a real-world study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The influenza vaccination rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in China was very low. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of clinician-led intensive health education on influenza vaccination in outpatients with COPD and the effect of influenza vaccination on the risk of acute exacerbations in the real world.

Methods

Participants were from the Real World Research of Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD study, a real-world prospective cohort study. COPD patients were included from December 2016 to April 2023 and followed up for one year. In January 2022, clinicians began strengthening health education for outpatients with COPD. We identified patients visiting the clinic from January 2022 to April 2023 as the intensive health education

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11886753 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature