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ArticleRheumatology international2025

Low vaccination rates and awareness status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide cross-sectional survey study.

Ali Kirik, Nilay Şahin, Merve Baykul, Hatice Bodur, Tuba Güler, Remzi Çevik, Sevcan Uğur, Yunus Durmaz, Ali Yavuz Karahan, Gül Devrimsel and 5 more

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Article in Rheumatology international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Ali KirikDepartment of Internal Medicine, Balıkesir University Faculty of Medicine, Balıkesir, Türkiye. alikirik87@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7982-9262
Nilay ŞahinDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Balıkesir University Faculty of Medicine, Balıkesir, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6062-6935
Merve BaykulDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0434-396X
Hatice BodurDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3008-7007
Tuba GülerDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences Ankara, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-931X
Remzi ÇevikDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4124-1586
Sevcan UğurDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-629X
Yunus DurmazDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology, Karabuk Training and Research Hospital, Karabuk, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-0088
Ali Yavuz KarahanDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Uşak University, Uşak, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8142-913X
Gül DevrimselDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9775-6426
Nuran ÖzDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-962X
Mehmet Nur KayaDepartment of Rheumatology, Hakkari State Hospital, Hakkari, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-3078
Yeşim ÇağlarDepartment of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Balıkesir University Faculty of Medicine, Balıkesir, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2298-7531
Mehmet Tuncay DuruözDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3584-2788
Kemal NasDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5845-0851

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To examine the pneumococcal, haemophilus influenza, hepatitis A virus (HAV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine rates and and predictors of vaccination among a Türkiye population of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. In this multicenter, cross-sectional study, vaccination levels and related factors were questioned by face-to-face survey method during routine clinical examination of patients with RA followed in different regions of Türkiye. All statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software package, version 26. A total of 715 patients (mean age 53.1 ± 13 years), of whom 552 (77.2%) were women, were included in this study. The rate of vaccine awareness education in the whole patient group was 40.1%. The vaccination rates for influenza, pneumococcal, HAV, and HBV were 34.3%, 21.8%, 12.3%, and 28.5%, respectively. It was noteworthy that the level of vaccine awareness education was a positive predictive factor affecting vaccination in all vaccine types (p < 0.001, for all vaccine types). The rates of low income were higher in the vaccinated group for pneumococcal (p < 0.001) and haemophilus influenza (p = 0.011) vaccine than in the unvaccinated group. The participants with living in a rural area were significantly higher in the unvaccinated group for HAV and HBV vaccine than in the vaccinated group (p < 0.001). The frequency of less than two medical visits per year was significantly higher in the unvaccinated group for pneumococcal (p < 0.014) and haemophilus influenza (p < 0.001 ) and HBV vaccine (p = 0.009) than in the vaccinated group. multivariate analysis found that rural area (for Haemophilus influenza and HAV vaccines) and financial income (Pneumococcal vaccine) in specifically were associated with increased vaccination rates (p < 0.001). Additionally, the rate of vaccination education was significantly higher in the vaccinated group for all vaccine types, which is noteworthy as a result of the positive effect of education on vaccination (p < 0.001). Vaccination awareness education and rates are low in primary prevention for RA patients. Vaccination awareness training is important in increasing the level of vaccine rates.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeVaccinationAdultAgedAwarenessCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfluenza VaccinesMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicPneumococcal VaccinesInfluenza VaccinesPneumococcal VaccinesHaemophilus influenza vaccineHepatitis vaccinePneumococcal vaccineRheumatoid arthritisSurveys and questionnairesVaccination

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