The Knowledge, Awareness and Preventive Behaviors of Pneumococcal Vaccination for the Elderly

Jeong Sil Choi; Chul-Gyu Kim; Seungmi Park

doi:10.12799/jkachn.2012.23.3.266

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The Knowledge, Awareness and Preventive Behaviors of Pneumococcal Vaccination for the Elderly: Jeong Sil Choi, Chul-Gyu Kim, Seungmi Park; Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2012;23(3):266-275.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2012.23.3.266
Published online: September 30, 2012

¹Department of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea.

²Department of Nursing, Cheongju University, Cheongju, Korea.

³Department of Nursing Science · Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Hoseo University, Asan, Korea.

• Received: February 14, 2012 • Accepted: September 6, 2012

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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to ascertain current status of pneumococcal vaccination for the elderly and their knowledge, awareness and preventive behaviors for the vaccination and to verify the relationship between results.
Methods
This cross-sectional study was performed using a questionnaire. Data were collected from 114 elderly people over 65 years at one community center from October to November in 2011. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS.
Results
The vaccination rate of the elderly was as low as 19.3%. The most common reason for no vaccination was 'Because I did not know about it' (64.0%), and the intention to vaccination was to ascertain in 77.2%. The scores of knowledge, awareness and preventive behavior for vaccination were 0.31/1, 1.15/3 and 1.48/2, respectively. The knowledge for vaccination was significantly different by gender and education. The awareness of vaccination showed statistically significant difference by religion, perceived health status and experience of vaccination. A positive correlation was observed between both knowledge and awareness and awareness and preventive behavior for vaccination.
Conclusion
The pneumococcal vaccination rate of the elderly was relatively low. To develop, therefore, the educational program for improving awareness and preventive behavior regarding pneumococcal vaccination of the elderly is necessary.
Key Words: Aged; Pneumococcal vaccines; Knowledge; Awareness; Health behavior

Table 1

General Characteristics and Pneumococcal Vaccination related Characteristics (N=114)

^†Response of pneumococcal unvaccination; ^‡Double response.

Table 2

Knowledge, Perception and Preventive Behavior for Pneumococcal Vaccination (N=114)

PV=pneumococcal vaccination.

Table 3

Knowledge, Perception and Preventive Behavior by General characteristics and Experience of Pneumococcal Vaccination (N=114)

PV=pneumococcal vaccination.

Table 4

Correlations among Knowledge, Perception and Preventive Behavior for Pneumococcal Vaccination (N=114)

PB=preventive behavior.

This work was supported by the Gachon University Research Fund of 2012 (GCU-2012-M070).

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The Knowledge, Awareness and Preventive Behaviors of Pneumococcal Vaccination for the Elderly

Table 1 General Characteristics and Pneumococcal Vaccination related Characteristics (N=114)

^†Response of pneumococcal unvaccination; ^‡Double response.

Table 2 Knowledge, Perception and Preventive Behavior for Pneumococcal Vaccination (N=114)

PV=pneumococcal vaccination.

Table 3 Knowledge, Perception and Preventive Behavior by General characteristics and Experience of Pneumococcal Vaccination (N=114)

PV=pneumococcal vaccination.

Table 4 Correlations among Knowledge, Perception and Preventive Behavior for Pneumococcal Vaccination (N=114)