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ea0041ep480 | Diabetes (to include epidemiology, pathophysiology) | ECE2016

Does education effect the rates of prophylactic vaccination in elderly diabetics?

Altay Mustafa , Ates Ihsan , Altay Fatma Aybala , Kaplan Mustafa , Akca Omer , Ozkara Adem

Introduction: This study is performed for inspecting vaccination rates in geriatric patients, negatory effects leading to unvaccination and changes occuring in vaccination rates by patient education.Methods: This study is planned in a combination of two formats: retrospectively for determining last 5 yearsÂ’ vaccination rates of patients and prospectively for determining the change in vaccination rates after patient education. Totally 579 diabetic pa...