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Influenza vaccination trend and related factors among patients with diabetes in Korea: Analysis using a nationwide database.

Authors :
Lee DH
Yang B
Gu S
Kim EG
Kim Y
Kang HK
Choe YH
Jeon HJ
Park S
Lee H
Source :
Frontiers in endocrinology [Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)] 2023 Feb 03; Vol. 14, pp. 1077846. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 03 (Print Publication: 2023).
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Background: Subjects with diabetes are at higher risk of serious influenza-related complications. We aimed to investigate the yearly trend of influenza vaccination and factors associated with being unvaccinated for influenza in subjects with diabetes using a nationwide observational study performed within the recent decade.<br />Methods: Among 105,732 subjects from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2007 and 2019, 8,632 with diabetes were included. We investigated the yearly trend of influenza vaccination and factors associated with being unvaccinated for influenza.<br />Results: During the study period, the prevalence of influenza vaccination in subjects with diabetes showed a tendency to increase every year, reaching almost 60% in 2019, which was higher than the rate in subjects without diabetes. Younger age (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) [95% CI] 11.29 [8.63-14.75] for < 50 years; 6.16 [5.21-7.29] for 50-65 years), male (aHR 1.67 [1.52-1.87]), current smoker (aHR 1.31 [1.00-1.72], lower-income status (aHR 1.46 [1.17, 1.84]), and high education level (aHR 1.30 [1.01-1.67]) were associated with being unvaccinated. Also, a poorer glycemic control with HbA1c ≥ 9% was found to be correlated with unvaccinated status (aHR 1.48 [1.15-1.90]).<br />Conclusion: The influenza vaccination rate is still unsatisfactory in subjects with diabetes. Young age, males, low-income level, high education level, and poor glycemic control were associated with unvaccinated status. Considering the risk-benefits of influenza vaccination in patients with diabetes, physicians should make an effort to increase vaccination rates, especially in low vaccination rate groups.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Lee, Yang, Gu, Kim, Kim, Kang, Choe, Jeon, Park and Lee.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1664-2392
Volume :
14
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Frontiers in endocrinology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
36817596
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1077846