Physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster vaccination in South Korea

Yang T.U.; Cheong H.J.; Choi W.S.; Song J.Y.; Noh J.Y.; Kim W.J.

doi:10.3947/ic.2014.46.3.194

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Physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster vaccination in South Korea

Yang T.U.;
Cheong H.J.;
Choi W.S.;
Song J.Y.;
Noh J.Y.;
... Kim W.J.

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vestigated Korean physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine. A total of 400 physicians answered a self-reported questionnaire. Most physicians knew that HZ poses a significant socioeconomic burden and had good knowledge about HZ and its vaccine. Physicians who did not recommend HZ vaccine were concerned about costs (90.7%, 78/86) and doubted the effectiveness of the vaccine (58.1%, 50/86). Patient demand had a profound effect on physicians decisions; 84.9% (73/86) of them who said not recommending HZ vaccine reported that they would provide the vaccine upon patient request. In conclusion, educational initiatives should be targeted toward both physicians and patients. © 2014 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases | Korean Society for Chemotherapy.

키워드

Awareness; Health surveys; Herpes zoster; Physician; Vaccination; varicella zoster vaccine; adult; aged; Article; drug cost; drug efficacy; female; herpes zoster; human; male; physician attitude; questionnaire; self report; South Korea; vaccination

제목: Physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster vaccination in South Korea

저자: Yang T.U.; Cheong H.J.; Choi W.S.; Song J.Y.; Noh J.Y.; Kim W.J.

DOI: 10.3947/ic.2014.46.3.194

발행일: 2014

유형: Article

저널명: Infection and Chemotherapy

권: 46

호: 3

페이지: 194 ~ 198

언어: ENG

출판사: Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy

발행국가: 대한민국

분량: 5 페이지

ISSN: E 2092-6448
P 2093-2340