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Verberk JDM, van Dongen JAP, van de Kassteele J, Andrews NJ, van Gaalen RD, Hahné SJM, Vennema H, Ramsay M, Braeckman T, Ladhani S, Thomas SL, Walker JL, de Melker HE, Fischer TK, Koch J, Bruijning-Verhagen P. Impact analysis of rotavirus vaccination in various geographic regions in Western Europe. Vaccine 2021; 39:6671-6681. [PMID: 34635375 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Universal mass vaccination (UMV) against rotavirus has been implemented in many but not all European countries. This study investigated the impact of UMV on rotavirus incidence trends by comparing European countries with UMV: Belgium, England/Wales and Germany versus countries without UMV: Denmark and the Netherlands. METHODS For this observational retrospective cohort study, time series data (2001-2016) on rotavirus detections, meteorological factors and population demographics were collected. For each country, several meteorological and population factors were investigated as possible predictors of rotavirus incidence. The final set of predictors were incorporated in negative binomial models accounting for seasonality and serial autocorrelation, and time-varying incidence rate ratios (IRR) were calculated for each age group and country separately. The overall vaccination impact two years after vaccine implementation was estimated by pooling the results using a random effects meta-analyses. Independent t-tests were used to compare annual epidemics in the pre-vaccination and post-vaccination era to explore any changes in the timing of rotavirus epidemics. RESULTS The population size and several meteorological factors were predictors for the rotavirus epidemiology. Overall, we estimated a 42% (95%-CI 23;56%) reduction in rotavirus incidence attributable to UMV. Strongest reductions were observed for age-groups 0-, 1- and 2-years (IRR 0.47, 0.48 and 0.63, respectively). No herd effect induced by UMV in neighbouring countries was observed. In all UMV countries, the start and/or stop and corresponding peak of the rotavirus season was delayed by 4-7 weeks. CONCLUSIONS The introduction of rotavirus UMV resulted in an overall reduction of 42% in rotavirus incidence in Western European countries two years after vaccine introduction and caused a change in seasonal pattern. No herd effect induced by UMV neighbouring countries was observed for Denmark and the Netherlands.
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- J D M Verberk
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Statistics, Modelling, and Economics Department, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Statistics, Modelling, and Economics Department, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom
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- Formerly at Service Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Department Public Health and Surveillance, Sciensano Institute, Brussels, Belgium
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- Immunisation Department, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
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- Immunisation Department, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom; Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Virology Surveillance and Research, Department of Virology and Special Microbiology Diagnostics Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Copenhagen, Denmark and University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands; Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Roussel S, Rondeaux S, Braeckman T, De Vriese C, Van Den Broucke S. How do diagnostic self-tests change healthcare relationships? A qualitative study. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Diagnostic self-tests in Belgian pharmacies are a recent phenomenon. While considered a way to empower patients to take informed decisions, self-tests also challenge the relationship between patients and health professionals and between pharmacists and general practitioners. This study explored how the introduction of diagnostic self-tests in pharmacies influences the health care relationships.
Methods
A qualitative study, part of the Care-test research program, was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 18 patients, 25 doctors, and 16 pharmacists from Brussels. Data collection ended after data saturation. Reflexive thematic analysis was performed.
Results
Mutual partnership approaches were not mainstreamed and mainly intuitive when existing, with patients being often more in demand for a partnership with their doctors than what their doctors offered. This perceived lack of dialogue led some patients to autonomous behaviours, qualified as “non-adherence” by professionals (self-medication with medicinal herbs, unilateral adaptation of therapies including those for HIV-infection and for orphan disease, etc.). Not all the patients, however, were in demand for a more active role. Some deferred to the doctor's choice, but they did not experience another kind of relationship. The doctor-pharmacist collaboration mainly entailed factual information exchange, although more collaborative relationships exist. Current collaborations related to self-tests were limited due to their novelty and controversial nature. While patients were generally in favour of diagnostic self-tests, professionals had divided opinions about them.
Conclusions
The study reveals divergent views between patients and health professionals and amongst professionals, about self-tests and the need for a partnership between patients and professionals. This suggests a need for health professionals to be better skilled in dealing with participative approaches.
Key messages
Mutual partnership and Interprofessional collaboration are not mainstreamed in health care. Patients, doctors and pharmacists had divergent views about diagnostic self-tests and about the need for partnership.
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- S Roussel
- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
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Matthijnssens J, Zeller M, Heylen E, De Coster S, Vercauteren J, Braeckman T, Van Herck K, Meyer N, PirÇon JY, Soriano-Gabarro M, Azou M, Capiau H, De Koster J, Maernoudt AS, Raes M, Verdonck L, Verghote M, Vergison A, Van Damme P, Van Ranst M. Higher proportion of G2P[4] rotaviruses in vaccinated hospitalized cases compared with unvaccinated hospitalized cases, despite high vaccine effectiveness against heterotypic G2P[4] rotaviruses. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20:O702-10. [DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Braeckman T, Theeten H, Lernout T, Hens N, Roelants M, Hoppenbrouwers K, Van Damme P. Rotavirus vaccination coverage and adherence to recommended age among infants in Flanders (Belgium) in 2012. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 19. [PMID: 24871757 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.20.20806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Belgium, rotavirus vaccination has been recommended and partially reimbursed since October 2006. Through a retrospective survey in 2012, we estimated the coverage rate of the rotavirus vaccination in Flanders among infants born in 2010. Using a standardised questionnaire, 874 families were interviewed at home, collecting information on demographic characteristics, socio-economic background and documented vaccination history (updated from medical files and vaccination database, if needed). Adherence to the recommended age for vaccination (8, 12 and 16 weeks) was also assessed. The coverage rate for two doses of rotavirus vaccination was 92.2% (95% confidence interval: 90.2-93.8). Respectively 31.7% and 10.1% of the children received their first and second dose at the recommended age. Incomplete vaccination was often a deliberate choice of the parents. Only eight children (1%) were vaccinated after the maximum age of 26 weeks. Factors identified by multiple logistic regression as related to incomplete vaccination were: living in the province of Antwerp, unemployed mother, and three or more older siblings in the household. Four years after introduction, the coverage rates were surprisingly high for a vaccine that is not fully reimbursed and not readily available in the vaccinator's fridge, which is the case for the other recommended infant vaccines.
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- T Braeckman
- Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Vlaeminck B, Braeckman T, Fievez V. Rumen Metabolism of 22:6n-3 In Vitro is Dependent on its Concentration and Inoculum Size, but Less Dependent on Substrate Carbohydrate Composition. Lipids 2014; 49:517-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s11745-014-3905-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- B. Vlaeminck
- ; Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality; Ghent University; Proefhoevestraat 10 Melle 9090 Belgium
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- ; Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality; Ghent University; Proefhoevestraat 10 Melle 9090 Belgium
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- ; Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality; Ghent University; Proefhoevestraat 10 Melle 9090 Belgium
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