Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorYen, Chia-Feng
dc.contributor.authorHsu, Shang-Wei
dc.contributor.authorLoh, Ching-Hui
dc.contributor.authorFang, Wen-Hui
dc.contributor.authorWu, Chia-Ling
dc.contributor.authorChu, Cordia M
dc.contributor.authorLin, Jin-Ding
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:16:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:16:09Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-03T03:39:04Z
dc.identifier.issn0891-4222
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ridd.2011.11.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/47704
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the present study was to describe the seasonal influenza vaccination rate and to examine its determinants for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities (ID) living in the community. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to analyze the data on seasonal influenza vaccination rate among 1055 ID individuals between the ages of 12-18 years. The results found that 22.9% of the study participants used the vaccine during the past three years, and the vaccination rate among different age groups varied from 18.1 to 26.5%. There was no gender difference of seasonal influenza vaccination rate among age groups. Multilevel logistic regression analysis revealed that ID individuals with moderate (OR = 1.59, 95% CI = 1.08-2.34) or severe (OR = 2.31, 95% CI = 1.20-4.45) disability, with an illness (OR = 1.64, 95% CI = 1.02-2.63), who have general health exams (ever used, OR = 1.57, 95% CI = 1.03-2.40; regularly used, OR = 1.89, 95% CI = 1.05-3.41) were more likely to have seasonal influenza vaccination than their counterparts. The present study highlights that the substantial disparity in receipt of seasonal influenza vaccine in children and adolescents with ID reflects the effects of disability level, disease condition, and general health exam experience and suggests the need for greater attention to factors affecting ID individuals to improve their preventive health care.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom704
dc.relation.ispartofpageto710
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalResearch in Developmental Disabilities
dc.relation.ispartofvolume33
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.titleAnalysis of seasonal influenza vaccine uptake among children and adolescents with an intellectual disability
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChu, Cordia M.


Files in this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • Journal articles
    Contains articles published by Griffith authors in scholarly journals.

Show simple item record