The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in Jordan
Limited data exist regarding pneumococcal vaccination coverage among the elderly in Middle Eastern countries including Jordan. The pharmacists’ role in improving vaccine acceptance has become increasingly evident. Yet, large-scale studies of the assessment of the pharmacists’ role on pneumococcal va...
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| author | Eman Y. Abu-rish Noor A. Barakat |
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| description | Limited data exist regarding pneumococcal vaccination coverage among the elderly in Middle Eastern countries including Jordan. The pharmacists’ role in improving vaccine acceptance has become increasingly evident. Yet, large-scale studies of the assessment of the pharmacists’ role on pneumococcal vaccines acceptance among the elderly are scarce. Hence, we assessed for the first time the current state of knowledge and pneumococcal vaccination coverage among the elderly and the role of pharmacist-led educational intervention on the attitude, awareness, vaccine acceptance, and prompts for physician consultation regarding pneumococcal vaccines in Jordan. This interventional study enrolled 916 randomly selected adults aged ≥ 65 years in Amman, Jordan. We showed that only 3.9% of the participants have ever heard about pneumococcal disease with 0.5% vaccination coverage. Immediately after educational intervention, 21.7% of the participants perceived pneumococcal disease as a threat, 52.1% of them believed in the importance of the vaccine, and 93.9% of them were willing to consult a physician in this regard. At a two-month follow-up, 30.5% had a positive attitude toward the vaccine and 36% consulted their physician regarding the vaccine. Vaccination coverage was significantly increased to 1.9% (P value = 0.008). The main obstacles against vaccination were a negative attitude and that physicians had not recommended the vaccine. Vaccine uptake was significantly associated with physician consultation (P value = 0.011). Insurance, employment, attitude, and reading the booklet significantly predicted physician consultation. In conclusion, very low pneumococcal vaccination coverage was observed among the elderly in Jordan. Enrollment of pharmacists in immunization education and recommendation is suggested to improve pneumococcal vaccine coverage among the elderly in Jordan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab49b0fd0cbc470bb8aa762e68d408942023-09-22T08:51:50ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2021-04-011741181118910.1080/21645515.2020.18029731802973The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in JordanEman Y. Abu-rish0Noor A. Barakat1School of Pharmacy, University of JordanSchool of Pharmacy, University of JordanLimited data exist regarding pneumococcal vaccination coverage among the elderly in Middle Eastern countries including Jordan. The pharmacists’ role in improving vaccine acceptance has become increasingly evident. Yet, large-scale studies of the assessment of the pharmacists’ role on pneumococcal vaccines acceptance among the elderly are scarce. Hence, we assessed for the first time the current state of knowledge and pneumococcal vaccination coverage among the elderly and the role of pharmacist-led educational intervention on the attitude, awareness, vaccine acceptance, and prompts for physician consultation regarding pneumococcal vaccines in Jordan. This interventional study enrolled 916 randomly selected adults aged ≥ 65 years in Amman, Jordan. We showed that only 3.9% of the participants have ever heard about pneumococcal disease with 0.5% vaccination coverage. Immediately after educational intervention, 21.7% of the participants perceived pneumococcal disease as a threat, 52.1% of them believed in the importance of the vaccine, and 93.9% of them were willing to consult a physician in this regard. At a two-month follow-up, 30.5% had a positive attitude toward the vaccine and 36% consulted their physician regarding the vaccine. Vaccination coverage was significantly increased to 1.9% (P value = 0.008). The main obstacles against vaccination were a negative attitude and that physicians had not recommended the vaccine. Vaccine uptake was significantly associated with physician consultation (P value = 0.011). Insurance, employment, attitude, and reading the booklet significantly predicted physician consultation. In conclusion, very low pneumococcal vaccination coverage was observed among the elderly in Jordan. Enrollment of pharmacists in immunization education and recommendation is suggested to improve pneumococcal vaccine coverage among the elderly in Jordan.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1802973pneumococcal vaccinestreptococcus pneumoniaeelderlypharmacistvaccinationpharmacy practiceeducationimmunizationvaccine acceptancevaccination coverage |
| spellingShingle | Eman Y. Abu-rish Noor A. Barakat The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in Jordan Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics pneumococcal vaccine streptococcus pneumoniae elderly pharmacist vaccination pharmacy practice education immunization vaccine acceptance vaccination coverage |
| title | The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in Jordan |
| title_full | The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in Jordan |
| title_fullStr | The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in Jordan |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in Jordan |
| title_short | The impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in Jordan |
| title_sort | impact of pharmacist led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccine awareness and acceptance among elderly in jordan |
| topic | pneumococcal vaccine streptococcus pneumoniae elderly pharmacist vaccination pharmacy practice education immunization vaccine acceptance vaccination coverage |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1802973 |
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