Avaliação dos conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas dos idosos sobre a vacina contra a influenza, na UBS, Taguatinga, DF, 2009

Abstract

This study aims to raise the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the elderly to a UBS Taguatinga - DF, on the influenza vaccine and membership in the vaccination campaigns, identify the socio-economic profile of individuals older than 60 years of age attended this unit health and assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza and cold. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study and the type survey. This research was performed by the application of a questionnaire on a random sample representative of the population of UBS, with qualitative and quantitative approach. 95 people were interviewed, 72.6% females, level of education of primary school. In relation to knowledge about the existence of the vaccine against influenza, 97.9% said at some point in life have participated in the vaccination campaigns, while 41.1% said that prevents the flu vaccine. There was an inadequate knowledge about the difference between flu and cold, characteristics of the symptoms of these diseases, methods of prevention and transmission and the importance of vaccination against influenza. It is the importance of this study to public health because it helped identify the questions of the elderly on the vaccine which allowed the clarification of questions, thus contributing to health care professionals on the best approach to the subject.