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TITLE:

A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY: ATTITUDE TOWARDS ADULT VACCINATION

AUTHORS:

Rehana Nawaz, Rashida Bibi, Tahira Shaheen

ABSTRACT:

Introduction: Infections continue to be a cause of concern for health care providers especially in the context of growing anti–microbial resistance. Objectives: The main objective of the study is to analyse the attitude of patients towards adult vaccination in Pakistan. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore during March 2019 to December 2019. The data was collected from 100 participants of different age groups. The data was collected through a systematically designed questionnaire. This questionnaire include demographic data, general concept about vaccination and information regarding diseases and adult vaccination. Results: The data was collected from 100 participants. The mean age was 38.91±5.56 years. Out of 100 participants, a large majority (88.4%) had received information about vaccination from a variety of sources, including physicians (79.5%), mass media (18.9%), and the internet (11.6%). Conclusion: It is concluded that the perceptions and the attitudes of the adult patients responding to this survey were basically positive and indeed showed that there is room for improvement.