Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic review
IntroductionSeasonal influenza, a contagious viral disease affecting the upper respiratory tract, circulates annually, causing considerable morbidity and mortality. The present study investigates the effectiveness of educational interventions to prevent influenza.MethodsWe searched PubMed/Medline, E...
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| description | IntroductionSeasonal influenza, a contagious viral disease affecting the upper respiratory tract, circulates annually, causing considerable morbidity and mortality. The present study investigates the effectiveness of educational interventions to prevent influenza.MethodsWe searched PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials (CENTRAL) for relevant clinical studies up to March 1 2022. The following terms were used: “influenza,” “flu,” “respiratory infection,” “prevent,” “intervention,” and “education.”ResultsOut of 255 studies, 21 articles satisfied the inclusion criteria and were included in our study: 13 parallel randomized controlled trials (RCT) studies, two cross-over RCT studies, two cohort studies, and four quasi-experimental studies. A total of approximately 12,500 adults (18 years old or above) and 11,000 children were evaluated. Educational sessions and reminders were the most common interventions. The measured outcomes were vaccination rates, the incidence of respiratory tract infection (RTI), and preventive behaviors among participants. Eighteen out of 21 articles showed a significant association between educational interventions and the outcomes.ConclusionsThe included studies in the current systematic review reported the efficacy of health promotion educational interventions in improving knowledge about influenza, influenza prevention behaviors, vaccination rates, and decreased RTI incidence regardless of the type of intervention and the age of cases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c598f249daac49398857070957eb172f2022-12-22T04:30:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-09-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.978456978456Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic reviewMohammad Javad Nasiri0Bardia Danaei1Niloofar Deravi2Alireza Salimi Chirani3Amir Hashem Shahidi Bonjar4Zohreh Khoshgoftar5Forouzan Karimi6Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, CanadaClinician Scientist of Dental Materials and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranVirtual School of Medical Education and Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIntroductionSeasonal influenza, a contagious viral disease affecting the upper respiratory tract, circulates annually, causing considerable morbidity and mortality. The present study investigates the effectiveness of educational interventions to prevent influenza.MethodsWe searched PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials (CENTRAL) for relevant clinical studies up to March 1 2022. The following terms were used: “influenza,” “flu,” “respiratory infection,” “prevent,” “intervention,” and “education.”ResultsOut of 255 studies, 21 articles satisfied the inclusion criteria and were included in our study: 13 parallel randomized controlled trials (RCT) studies, two cross-over RCT studies, two cohort studies, and four quasi-experimental studies. A total of approximately 12,500 adults (18 years old or above) and 11,000 children were evaluated. Educational sessions and reminders were the most common interventions. The measured outcomes were vaccination rates, the incidence of respiratory tract infection (RTI), and preventive behaviors among participants. Eighteen out of 21 articles showed a significant association between educational interventions and the outcomes.ConclusionsThe included studies in the current systematic review reported the efficacy of health promotion educational interventions in improving knowledge about influenza, influenza prevention behaviors, vaccination rates, and decreased RTI incidence regardless of the type of intervention and the age of cases.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.978456/fullinfluenzaeducationpreventionvaccinationsystematic (literature) review |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Javad Nasiri Bardia Danaei Niloofar Deravi Alireza Salimi Chirani Amir Hashem Shahidi Bonjar Zohreh Khoshgoftar Forouzan Karimi Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic review Frontiers in Public Health influenza education prevention vaccination systematic (literature) review |
| title | Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic review |
| title_full | Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic review |
| title_short | Impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza: A systematic review |
| title_sort | impact of educational interventions on the prevention of influenza a systematic review |
| topic | influenza education prevention vaccination systematic (literature) review |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.978456/full |
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