Association of Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination With Patient-Physician Communication in Older Adults: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study From the JAGES 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing the coverage of vaccinations recommended by the World Health Organization in the older adult population is an urgent issue, especially in the context of avoiding co-epidemics during the current coronavirus disease 2019 crisis. The aim of this study was to examine factors associated with the quality of perceived patient-physician communication and whether this variable was associated with increased odds of vaccination.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study conducted from October 2016 to January 2017. The participants were 22,253 physically and cognitively independent individuals aged 65 or older living in 39 municipalities in Japan. Multilevel logit models were used to estimate the odds of vaccination.

Res

SUBMITTER: Sato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359899 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature