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Educational interventions for health professionals managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care
CONCLUSIONS: The evidence of efficacy was equivocal for educational interventions for health professionals in primary care on the proportion of COPD diagnoses confirmed with spirometry, the proportion of patients with COPD who participate in pulmonary rehabilitation, and the proportion of patients prescribed guideline-recommended COPD respiratory medications. Educational interventions for health professionals may improve influenza vaccination rates among patients with COPD and patient satisfaction with care. The quality of evidence for most outcomes was low or very low due to heterogeneity and methodological limitations of...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - May 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Amanda J Cross Dennis Thomas Jenifer Liang Michael J Abramson Johnson George Elida Zairina Source Type: research

Healthcare professional and professional stakeholders' perspectives on vaccine mandates in Switzerland: A mixed-methods study
CONCLUSION: In Switzerland, HCPs generally were opposed to vaccination mandates. Clarity and guidance are needed from health authorities to better inform discussions around vaccine mandates.PMID:35164988 | PMC:PMC8832463 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.12.071
Source: Vaccine - February 15, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: L éna G Dietrich Alyssa L üthy Pia Lucas Ramanathan Nadja Baldesberger Andrea Buhl Lisa Schmid Thurneysen Lisa C Hug L Suzanne Suggs Camilla Speranza Benedikt M Huber Philip E Tarr Michael J Deml Source Type: research

Complementary medicine use and flu vaccination - A nationally representative survey of US adults
CONCLUSIONS: Complementary medicine users were equally likely to receive an influenza vaccination compared with non-users. Different complementary therapies showed varied associations with vaccination behavior. Further analyses may be needed to distinguish influencing factors among patients' vaccination behavior.PMID:34419302 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.017
Source: Vaccine - August 22, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Wiebke Kathrin Kohl-Heckl Marleen Schr öter Gustav Dobos Holger Cramer Source Type: research