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. 2023 Dec 31;19(1):2204785.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2204785. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

Vaccine coverage and factors associated with vaccine adherence in persons with HIV at an urban infectious disease clinic

Navina K Birk  1 , Lea Monday  1 , Tarandeep Singh  1 , Medha Cherabuddi  1 , Marwa Hojeij  1 , Brandon Ho  1 , Anne Chen  1 , Indira Brar  1 , George Alangaden  1
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Vaccine coverage and factors associated with vaccine adherence in persons with HIV at an urban infectious disease clinic

Navina K Birk et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. .

Abstract

Information on vaccination rates and factors associated with adherence in persons with HIV (PWH) is limited. We report vaccine adherence in 653 adult PWH attending an urban Infectious Disease Clinic from January 2015 to December 2021. Vaccines evaluated included influenza, pneumococcal, tetanus, hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV), human papillomavirus (HPV), and zoster vaccines. Vaccine reminders were triggered at every visit, and all vaccines were accessible in the clinic. The mean age was 50 y (±SD 13), male gender was 78.6%, and black race was 74.3%. The overall adherence to all recommended vaccines was 63.6%. Vaccine adherence was >90% for influenza, pneumococcal, and tetanus, >80% for HAV and HBV, and ≥60% for HPV and zoster vaccines. The main predictor of adherence to all vaccines was ≥2 annual clinic visits (odds ratio [OR] 3.45; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.36-5.05; p < .001). Other predictors included an assigned primary care provider within the system (OR 2.89 [95% CI 1.71-5.00, p < .001]) and CD4 >200 cell/mm3 at entry into care (OR 1.91 [95% CI 1.24-2.94, p = .0003]). Retention in care combined with vaccine reminders and accessibility of vaccines in the clinic can achieve high vaccine uptake in PWH.

Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; integrated care; preventive care; vaccines.

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The vaccination rate among eligible patients.
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