Community-Based Cross-Sectional Assessment Survey On Herpes Zoster Vaccination Practices.

Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.5455/medarh.2024.78.95-99

Nouf F Bin Rubaian, Nada Alghamdi, Nada Alquorain, Serene R Almuhaidib, Nouf A AlShamlan, Assim M AlAbdulKader, Moataza M Abdel Wahab, Malak A Al-Shammari

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Background: Herpes Zoster (HZ), also known as Shingles, is a commonly occurring infection especially among the elderly. It is due to the reactivation of the dormant virus in the sensory ends that were present since the primary infection with the virus.

Objective: Our study aims at assessing the knowledge, attitudes practices beliefs and current barriers towards the Shingrix vaccine to fully understand where we stand and come up with proper recommendations to services these at-risk individuals and ultimately have a positive impact on the healthcare system.

Methods: Questionnaire based cross sectional study using a translated version of a previously developed and tested questionnaire.

Results: more than 8000 participants responded to the survey. The vast majority had chicken pox before and did hear about the vaccine from different sources. Most of the participants had minimal knowledge regarding the vaccine and were willing to take it regardless of some safety concerns.

Conclusion: more efforts need to be conducted to enhance vaccine uptake in at risk populations in Saudi Arabia.

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带状疱疹疫苗接种方法社区横断面评估调查。

背景：带状疱疹（HZ）又称带状疱疹，是一种常见的感染，尤其是在老年人中。它是由于原发感染病毒后，休眠病毒在感官末端重新激活所致：我们的研究旨在评估有关 Shingrix 疫苗的知识、态度、信仰和当前障碍，以充分了解我们的立场，并提出适当的建议，为这些高危人群提供服务，最终对医疗保健系统产生积极影响：结果：8000 多名参与者参与了调查。绝大多数人以前出过水痘，并从不同渠道听说过疫苗。大多数参与者对疫苗了解甚少，并且愿意接种疫苗，而不考虑一些安全问题。结论：需要做出更多努力来提高沙特阿拉伯高危人群的疫苗接种率。

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