کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4140799 1272280 2006 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Individually Significant Risk Factors Do Not Provide an Accurate Clinical Prediction Rule for Infant Underimmunization in One Disadvantaged Urban Area
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پریناتولوژی (پزشکی مادر و جنین)، طب اطفال و بهداشت کودک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Individually Significant Risk Factors Do Not Provide an Accurate Clinical Prediction Rule for Infant Underimmunization in One Disadvantaged Urban Area
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveTo define a clinical prediction rule for underimmunization in children of low socioeconomic status.MethodsWe assessed a cohort of 1160 infants born from July 1998 through June 1999 at an urban safety net hospital that received primary care at 4 community health centers. The main outcome measure was up-to-date status with the 3:2:2:2 infant vaccine series at 12 months of age.ResultsLatino infants (n = 959, 83% of cohort) had immunization rates of 74%, at least 18% higher than any other racial/ethnic group. Multivariate logistic regression demonstrated the following independent associations (relative risk, 95% confidence interval) for inadequate immunization: non-Latino ethnicity (1.7, 1.4–2.0), maternal smoking (1.3, 1.1–1.7), no health insurance (1.9, 1.4–2.3), late prenatal care (1.9, 1.5–2.3), no pediatric chronic condition (2.1, 1.2–3.1), and no intent to breast-feed (1.3, 1.1–1.6). However, the index of concordance (c-index) for this model was only 0.69. Neither excluding infants who left the health care system nor accounting for infants who were “late starters” for their first vaccines improved the predictive accuracy of the model.ConclusionsIn this predominantly Latino population of low socioeconomic status, Latino infants have higher immunization rates than other infants. However, we were unable to develop a model to reliably predict which infants in this population were underimmunized. Models to predict underimmunization should be tested in other settings. In this population, interventions to improve immunization rates must be targeted at all children without respect to individual risk factors.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ambulatory Pediatrics - Volume 6, Issue 3, 1 May 2006, Pages 165–172
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