Our goals were to: 1) examine the propensity to obtain a flu shot in relation to predictors of mortality, 2) estimate the effect of flu shots on mortality, and 3) present and discuss case-centered logistic regression.
The authors examined mortality before, during, and after 9 flu seasons in relation to time-varying vaccination status in an elderly California population in which 115,823 deaths occurred from 1996 to 2005, including 20,484 deaths during laboratory-defined flu seasons.
At the time, however, this situation generated many organisational and clinical learning points, which have been incorporated into future training for medical and nursing staff in the ICU, particularly in relation to flu pandemic planning.
For these reasons, the aim of this study was to determine the intention to be vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu virus among health professionals in relation to levels of understanding, attitudes and perception of risk just before the vaccination campaign at the peak of the epidemic.
14 The preamble specified that respondents should answer with respect to how they had been feeling over the past four days in relation to swine flu.
This study provides information regarding the representation of flu and ILI and reports the experiences and behaviors of people in relation to influenza within the community.
In Li and Rozen's [9] case series NDPH onset occurred in relation to an infection or flu-like illness in 30% cases.
Topics were decided in advance and covered symptoms of colds and flu, transmission of colds and flu, reasons/occasions for washing hands, knowledge and attitudes about hygiene and barriers in relation to hand washing.
In a further in-depth study of 114 Dutch sufferers, he found that the most frequently reported symptoms included headaches, migraine, fatigue, muscular pains, nausea and, particularly in relation to vacation, viral infections causing flu-like symptoms and colds.
"That is particularly true in relation to the possible use of Tamiflu in a future severe flu epidemic, where it would not be feasible to confirm all diagnoses in a laboratory.
