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Physician attitudes toward the herpes zoster vaccination in South Korea
- Authors
- Yang, T.U.; Cheong, H.J.; Choi, W.S.; Song, J.Y.; Noh, J.Y.; Kim, W.J.
- Issue Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Korean Society for Chemotherapy
- Keywords
- Awareness; Health surveys; Herpes zoster; Physician; Vaccination
- Citation
- Infection and Chemotherapy, v.46, no.3, pp.194 - 198
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Infection and Chemotherapy
- Volume
- 46
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 194
- End Page
- 198
- ISSN
- 2093-2340
- 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. © 2014 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases | Korean Society for Chemotherapy.
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