What do parents learn by reading a DPT vaccine information form?
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- DOI: 10.1155/1994/310719
What do parents learn by reading a DPT vaccine information form?
Abstract
Objective: Information forms are commonly used to inform parents about childhood vaccination. This study assessed the knowledge of mothers about pertussis and pertussis vaccine before and after reading a form about diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (dpt) vaccine.
Design: A test was administered to mothers before and after the first vaccination of their infant. By random allocation, one-half of the mothers received the form (study group) in addition to the routine counselling by a public health nurse given to the others (control group).
Setting: Public health immunization clinics in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia.
Subjects: One hundred and fifty-one mothers who were scheduled to bring their infant for the first dpt immunization were recruited, of whom 145 (96%) completed the study.
Interventions: A test consisting of 20 true/false questions was administered by telephone two weeks before and two weeks after the first dpt vaccination. Additional data about sources of vaccine information, maternal education, number of children and maternal age were obtained.
Outcome measures: Mean scores and mean change in scores on test.
Results: The mean changes in scores between tests 1 and 2 in study and control groups were +22.2% and +6.9%, respectively, on the disease-related questions (P<0.001) and +14.6% and +10.7%, respectively, on the vaccine-related questions (P=0.16). The forms were considered to be very useful by the mothers and clearly enabled them to score higher on a test of their knowledge of pertussis and pertussis vaccine.
Conclusions: Reading a dpt vaccine form enabled mothers to improve their knowledge of pertussis and pertussis vaccine.
Objectif ::
Les feuillets de renseignements sont souvent utilisés pour informer les parents au sujet de la vaccination de leurs enfants. Cette étude a cherché à évaluer les connaissances qu’acquièrent les mères au sujet de la coqueluche et de son vaccin, avant et après la lecture d’un feuillet qui traite du vaccin contre la diphtérie, la coqueluche et le tétanos (
Modéle :: Un test a été administeré à des mères, avant et après la première vaccination de leur nourrisson. Au hasard, la moitié des mères ont reçu le feuillet (groupe d’étude) en plus des renseignements donnés habituellement par l’infirmière en santé publique aux autres mères (groupe témoin).
Contexte :: Les cliniques d’immunlsatlon en santé publique dans une banlieue de Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique.
Sujets ::
Cent cinquante et une mères ont eu un rendez-vous pour faire administrer à leur nourrisson sa première vaccination
Intervention ::
Un test comportant 20 questions de type vrai ou faux a été administeré par téléphone deux semaines avant, puis deux semaines après l’administration du premier vaccin
Paramètres Mesurés :: Les scores moyens et la modification moyenne des scores obtenus au test.
Résultats :: Les modifications moyennes entre les scores obtenus à la première et à la deuxième épreuve dans les groupes à l’étude et les groupes témoins ont été de +22,2% et +6,9% respectivement, pour ce qui est des questions portant sur la maladie (P<0,001) et de +14,6% et +10,7% respectivement pour ce qui est des questions sur le vaccin (P=0,16). Les feuillets ont été considérés très utiles par les mères et leur ont certes permis d’obtenir une note plus élevée au test qui visait à mesurer leurs connaissances sur la coqueluche et son vaccin.
Conclusion ::
La lecture d’un feuillet sur le vaccin
Keywords: Diptheria-pertussis-tetanus; Informed consent; Pertussis; Pertussis vaccine; Vaccination.
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