2023-10-03 21:51:28
MONTREAL — Fewer than 10% of American adults have been vaccinated once morest the flu in the past 12 months, get enough physical activity and get enough sleep, reveals a new study from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
These three factors were found in only 8.5% of the approximately 30,000 adults studied, whose profiles were taken from the 2020 edition of the National Health Interview Survey.
Prevalence was lowest among older people; among Hispanic and non-Hispanic black people; in subjects who smoked or had previously smoked; and in women who have recently given birth.
The prevalence was also low among subjects who had a history of coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Just under half of the subjects had been vaccinated once morest the flu in the past year, regarding three-quarters were getting enough sleep, and less than a quarter were getting enough physical activity.
“Primary care providers can be instrumental in promoting these behaviors within the population, with a focus on patients who are older, Hispanic or non-Hispanic black, postpartum, or with a history of coronary artery disease , hypertension, stroke, diabetes or COPD, all factors associated with an increased risk of complications linked to influenza,” write the authors of the study.
Primary care providers might therefore “reduce the incidence and severity of seasonal influenza” by combining “vaccination campaigns with advice on sleep and physical activity”, they add, with particular attention paid to “populations most vulnerable to influenza complications and with the lowest joint prevalence of influenza preventive behaviors.”
The findings of this study were published by the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health.
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