Physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster vaccination in South Korea

Tae Un Yang; Hee Jin Cheong; Won Suk Choi; Joon Young Song; Ji Yun Noh; Woo Joo Kim

doi:10.3947/ic.2014.46.3.194

Physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster vaccination in South Korea

Tae Un Yang
, Hee Jin Cheong^*
, Won Suk Choi
, Joon Young Song
, Ji Yun Noh
, Woo Joo Kim

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

vestigated Korean physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine. A total of 400 physicians answered a self-reported questionnaire. Most physicians knew that HZ poses a significant socioeconomic burden and had good knowledge about HZ and its vaccine. Physicians who did not recommend HZ vaccine were concerned about costs (90.7%, 78/86) and doubted the effectiveness of the vaccine (58.1%, 50/86). Patient demand had a profound effect on physicians decisions; 84.9% (73/86) of them who said not recommending HZ vaccine reported that they would provide the vaccine upon patient request. In conclusion, educational initiatives should be targeted toward both physicians and patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	194-198
Number of pages	5
Journal	Infection and Chemotherapy
Volume	46
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2014.46.3.194
Publication status	Published - 2014

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© 2014 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases | Korean Society for Chemotherapy.

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Keywords

Awareness
Health surveys
Herpes zoster
Physician
Vaccination

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Infectious Diseases
Pharmacology (medical)

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Physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster vaccination in South Korea

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