Physicians’ confidence in vaccine safety studies

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• Alternative Title:
  Prev Med
• Personal Author:
  O’Leary, Sean T. ; Allison, Mandy A. ; Stokley, Shannon ; Crane, Lori A. ; Hurley, Laura P. ; Beaty, Brenda ; Kempe, Allison
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  To ascertain, through two separate surveys among nationally representative networks of pediatricians (Peds) and family physicians (FM): 1) physicians’ reported level of confidence in pre- and post-licensure vaccine safety studies; and 2) changes in reported level of confidence from 2007 to 2010/11.
  
  Methods
  
  Two surveys were conducted in August to October 2007 and in November 2010 to January 2011. The survey response rates were 81% (FM, 79%, Peds, 84%, p=0.07) for the 2007 survey (691/848) and 66% (FM, 61%, Peds, 70%, p=0.003) for the 2010/11 survey (532/811).
  
  Results
  
  One in three family physicians compared to one in ten pediatricians in both surveys reported little or no confidence in pre-licensure vaccine safety studies (p<0.001). Compared to pre-licensure studies, higher percentages of both specialties reported a great deal of confidence in post-licensure vaccine safety studies in both years, and more physicians from both specialties reported a great deal of confidence in 2010/11 than in 2007.
  
  Conclusion
  
  While most family physicians and pediatricians report confidence in post-licensure vaccine safety studies, one third of family physicians report little or no confidence in pre-licensure studies. More research is needed to better understand the reasons behind some physicians’ lack of confidence in vaccine safety studies.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Attitude Of Health Personnel Family Practice Health Care Surveys Humans Pediatrics Physicians, Family Preventive Medicine Product Surveillance, Postmarketing Safety Vaccination Vaccines

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• Source:
  Prev Med. 56(0):231-233.
• Pubmed ID:
  23333206
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4610343
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  56
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:08ac6845d1f14659d3a8007e3dd470797375ea94bf3969aba71481a00cfb7360
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35093/cdc_35093_DS1.pdf
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