Antitetanus Vaccination for People Older Than 65 Years.

Hospices Civils de Lyon261 enrolled

Overview

In the last ten years, more than one hundred generalized tetanus cases were declared in France. Most of them were affecting people older than 70 years with an important mortality (around 28%). It is know that the only way to protect ourselves from this disease is the vaccination. In France tetanus vaccination is mandatory since 1940. Nowaday none study looked specifically for the vaccination of people older than 65 years. The hypothesis is: there is a difference in the tetanus vaccination coverage for people older than 65 years depending on the demographic and medical practice of their general practitioner.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

261

Conditions

Tetanus

Interventions

Questionnaire PatientsOTHER

Patient will have to answer a quiz which is about their vaccination against tetanus.

Questionnaire General practitionerOTHER

General practitioner will have to answer a quiz which is about their medical practice concerning vaccination against tetanus.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients older than 65 years consulting their attending physician in and who agreed to participate in the study. * The doctors included are general practitioners located in a liberal office in the "Auvergne Rhône Alpes" region for which the URPS ("Union régional des Professionnels de Santé") has an email address. Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (1)

Service Urgence et Réanimation Pédiatrique Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant Groupement Hospitalier Est

Bron, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Tetanus vaccination coverage

Patient will have to answer a quiz which is about their vaccination against tetanus.

Time frame: About 5 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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