TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors conditioning effectiveness of a reminder/recall system to improve influenza vaccination in asthmatic children
AU - Esposito, Susanna
AU - Pelucchi, Claudio
AU - Tel, Francesca
AU - Chiarelli, Gabriella
AU - Sabatini, Caterina
AU - Semino, Margherita
AU - Marseglia, Gian Luigi
AU - De Mattia, Domenico
AU - Principi, Nicola
PY - 2009/1/29
Y1 - 2009/1/29
N2 - In order to verify whether a telephone recall system directly managed by pediatricians who usually follow up children for their asthma is more effective than an anonymous recall system, we randomly assigned 285 asthmatic children (177 males; mean age 10.3 ± 3.4 years) to one of three groups: those whose mothers were to be called by a pediatrician not previously involved in caring for their asthmatic children and who received the vaccine in our immunisation clinic (group 1); those whose mothers were to be called by a pediatrician from our asthma clinic and who received the vaccine in the immunisation clinic (group 2); and those whose mothers were to be called by a pediatrician from our asthma clinic and who received the vaccine in the same clinic (group 3). Our findings highlight that the use of a reminder/recall system increases vaccination rates in asthmatic children, and show that the best results are obtained when the mothers are contacted and the vaccine administered by the pediatricians who usually follow up the child for asthma.
AB - In order to verify whether a telephone recall system directly managed by pediatricians who usually follow up children for their asthma is more effective than an anonymous recall system, we randomly assigned 285 asthmatic children (177 males; mean age 10.3 ± 3.4 years) to one of three groups: those whose mothers were to be called by a pediatrician not previously involved in caring for their asthmatic children and who received the vaccine in our immunisation clinic (group 1); those whose mothers were to be called by a pediatrician from our asthma clinic and who received the vaccine in the immunisation clinic (group 2); and those whose mothers were to be called by a pediatrician from our asthma clinic and who received the vaccine in the same clinic (group 3). Our findings highlight that the use of a reminder/recall system increases vaccination rates in asthmatic children, and show that the best results are obtained when the mothers are contacted and the vaccine administered by the pediatricians who usually follow up the child for asthma.
KW - Asthma
KW - Influenza
KW - Influenza vaccination
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.043
DO - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.043
M3 - Article
C2 - 19056445
AN - SCOPUS:58249106128
VL - 27
SP - 633
EP - 635
JO - Vaccine
JF - Vaccine
SN - 0264-410X
IS - 5
ER -