Nedra El Fani, N/A, MD
Assistant Doctor
IBN AL Jazzar University Hospital Kairouan
sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
zeineb mrizak, dr
resident
university hospital of kairouan PRM department
sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
ghanmi maroua, dr
assistant
university hospital of kairouan PRM department
sousse, Kairouan, Tunisia
mariam gadour, dr
assistant
university hospital of sahloul PRM department
sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
mariam gaddour, dr
assistant
university hospital of sousse PRM department
sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
The aim of our study is to evaluate vaccination prevalence in children suffering from disabilities
Design:
It is a quantitative descriptive study carried out among children with specifial needs who participated in a health caravan organized by a team of physical physicians, which took place over one day in an outlying hospital .We studied demographic information, clinical and vaccinal status.
Data were collected using a pre-established form
Results:
Fifty children were evaluated, 52%of whom were females. The mean age was 8.36±5.4 years. Only 58.3% of children were exclusively breastfed.
The 2 most common pathologies were mental retardation and trisomy 21 (20%), followed by congenital deafness (16%) and cerebral palsy(12%).
Twenty-eight percent of patients had incomplete vaccination in relation to age
Ninty percent of parents claimed that geographical remoteness and health condtion are the causes of this incomplete immunization coverage.
Conclusions:
Despite the fact that the achievement of appropriate immunization coverage for routine vaccines is a priority for health authorities worldwide, vaccination delays or missed opportunities for immunization are common in children with specifial needs.
However few precautions for vaccination in this group of patients should be taken and general best practice guidelines for immunization should be followed.
