Volume 25, Issue 117, November 2021

Knowledge, attitude and practice of influenza vaccination among type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients in King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saad M Alsaad^1♦, Khaled Alghamdi², Abdulmalik Khalid Alangari², Abdulmohsen Khalid Alangari², Ahmed Abubakr Badahdah², Meshal Ahmed Aleiaidi²

¹Assistant Professor & Consultant in Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Family & community medicine, College of medicine, King Saud University, KSU,P.O. Box 7805, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia.
²King Saud University, King Saud University Medical City, Family and Community Medicine department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant Professor & Consultant in Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Family & community medicine, College of medicine, King Saud University, KSU, P.O. Box 7805, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Aim: This study aimed at investigating the knowledge, attitudes and practices of influenza vaccination among diabetic patients attending diabetic outpatient clinics in King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH). Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted through a conveniently selected sample consist of 406 type-1 and type-2 diabetic patients. To collect data, the study used a questionnaire consisting of 32 items distributed as 20 items to assess the diabetic patients’ knowledge, seven items to assess the diabetic patients’ attitudes and 5 items to assess the diabetic patients’ practices related to influenza vaccination. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: A total of 406 diabetic patients were enrolled in this research. About 94.8% (n=385) of the patients reported that seasonal influenza is a viral infection, can spread from one person to another (96.3%), and 386 (95.1%) as main complications of seasonal influenza, respectively. The results revealed that participating diabetic patients had a good seasonal flu knowledge (70.9%, n=288), good vaccine knowledge (64.3%, n=261), and positive attitudes towards seasonal flu vaccination (65.7%, n=267). In addition, multivariate logistic regression showed that diabetic patients with DM duration of 6 to 10 years were 1.62 times more likely to be vaccinated compared to patients having DM for five years or less (OR: 1.62, CI: 1.13 – 3.27), diabetic patients who had DM for 11 to 15 years were 3.27 times more likely to get vaccinated Conclusion: The study concluded that diabetic patients attending diabetes outpatient clinics in KKUH have a good knowledge and positive attitudes towards seasonal flu and seasonal flu vaccination.

Keywords: Seasonal flu, vaccine, Diabetes, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices.

Medical Science, 2021, 25(117), 2899-2909

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