Method: The partici- pants were Iranian pilgrims from the begin- Respiratory Disease; Flu Vaccine; ning to the end of the journey. They were sys- Pneumovax; Clinical Outcomes; Hajj tematically observed for getting afflicted with a respiratory syndrome or not. In this study, we 1.
Some respiratory tract involvements originating from ration of bed rest, presence of post nasal dis- different sources have been most common among the charge and dirty sputum, the total disease length, pilgrims.
The data for disorders, in Dabiran et al. In another study, the high-risk Iranian pilgrims were Each participant was primarily given a thorough check estimated to form These were usually afflicted with a number of respiratory syndrome or not and in case of disease oc- such diseases as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular currence, monitoring of some clinical Consequences and diseases, asthma, COPD, and sinusitis; they belonged to ultimately, evaluation of relationships between vaccines, the above 65 age group and suffered from some under- disease occurrence and clinical consequences.
Number of visits; 7 The total period of the disease; and Some studies recommended flu and pneumococcal 8 The existence of any such complications as Exuda- vaccines separately or in combination to reduce respira- tive sore throat, Purulent conjunctivitis, Sinusitis or Re- tory diseases occurrence; reducing mortality and bed- curring sinusitis, Delayed coughs with purulent sputum, rest duration in hospitals [4,5]; reducing morbidity, dis- Pneumonia and the infection of the middle ear , based on ease recurrence, or complications and disabilities [6]; the physicians report.
No specific studies about reducing the adverse conse- The data were gathered through a questionnaire con- quences of respiratory infections by these two vaccines taining 14 main questions with 60 options. The question- were found in the Hajj. After going through 2. In this study, two weeks v. None of the types of influenza viruses, prepared according to anti- participants suffered from any kind of respiratory dis- genic changes in the year and also each 0.
There were females The average age of the partici- capsular polysaccharide from several Streptococcus pneu- pants was Volunteers were were suffering from one or more chronic diseases such as: monitored for respiratory disorders from a couple of weeks hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal-hepatic or cardiac before their pilgrimage, through the pilgrimage and up to diseases or were older than 65 years of age, and of the end of their trip when they left Saudi Arabia at least them Out of these, 78 people 45 days.
On their arrival at Saudi Arabia, 30 of the can- The remaining par- their departure to Mecca, while of them The data regarding 10 of the participants clinical outcomes has been shown in Table 2. Frequen- 3. But we have detailed in- applying of Flu vaccine solely or accompanied by Pneu- formation on cases Out of these people, population were shown in Table 4. In this study, pilgrims Table 1. Table 2. The mean lengths of time for each clinical outcome among Iranian pilgrims during Hajj Average mean of length Clinical outcomes consequences No of investigated cases.
SD Minimum Maximum of coughs in days Duration of fever 3. The frequencies of applied vaccines according to existence of respiratory complications among the under studied pilgrims. Correlation between applying of flu vaccine solely or accompanied by pneumovax and duration of cough among un- derstudied population.
The mean age of the group was Neverthe- In one similar study that conducted in the year of , less, the reduction in other symptoms was not significant.
There was no any ethi- risk groups, In our study, the rate of the high risk This study concluded that, administration of flu-vac- group were higher than above mentioned study This higher susceptibility may charge, dirty sputum, bed rest, number of visits by phy- be attributed to the fact that those who were more sus- sicians and total period of the disease. Therefore, the re- In the present study, Thanks are due In one study performed in Finland in , 76 young to all the health workers who helped collecting the recorded data.
Spe- healthy men were assessed for common cold clinical cial thanks are extended to Dr Hollysaz, Dr. Rajayee, Dr. Taamoli, Dr. In that study, the duration of the Sadeghipoor, Dr.
Shojayeezadeh, Ms. Lashgari, Ms. Mohammadi, and cough had an average of 8. In- Ms. In this study, pilgrims Table 1. Table 2. The mean lengths of time for each clinical outcome among Iranian pilgrims during Hajj Average mean of length Clinical outcomes consequences No of investigated cases. SD Minimum Maximum of coughs in days Duration of fever 3. The frequencies of applied vaccines according to existence of respiratory complications among the under studied pilgrims.
Correlation between applying of flu vaccine solely or accompanied by pneumovax and duration of cough among un- derstudied population. The mean age of the group was Neverthe- In one similar study that conducted in the year of , less, the reduction in other symptoms was not significant.
There was no any ethi- risk groups, In our study, the rate of the high risk This study concluded that, administration of flu-vac- group were higher than above mentioned study This higher susceptibility may charge, dirty sputum, bed rest, number of visits by phy- be attributed to the fact that those who were more sus- sicians and total period of the disease. Therefore, the re- In the present study, Thanks are due In one study performed in Finland in , 76 young to all the health workers who helped collecting the recorded data.
Spe- healthy men were assessed for common cold clinical cial thanks are extended to Dr Hollysaz, Dr. Rajayee, Dr. Taamoli, Dr. In that study, the duration of the Sadeghipoor, Dr. Shojayeezadeh, Ms. Lashgari, Ms. Mohammadi, and cough had an average of 8. In- Ms. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 50, The effectiveness of the flu vaccine in reducing respi- [2] Razavi, M. Some The comparison of influenza vaccine efficacy on studies found it effective [12] while some others useless respiratory disease among Iranian pilgrims.
Acta Medica [2]. However, pneumovax has proved to be effective [5, Iranica, 43, In the present study, the flu vaccine and pneu- [3] Meysamie, A. Saudi orders. Yet, the effect was statistically insignificant, which Medical Journal, 27, Influenza [4] Rubins, J. Drugs Aging, 18, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 55, Journal of the Faculty of Medicine, Group Protective effects of the valent pneu- 62, 1. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 43, Terho, E.
Scandinavian Journal [6] Granger, R. Manqtani, P. Acta Medica Iranica, 42, Gudiol, F. European Jour- [14] Ansaldi, F. Broome, C. JAMA, , Related Papers Acute respiratory tract infection symptoms and the uptake of dual influenza and pneumococcal vaccines among Hajj pilgrims By Dr.
Najim Zafer. Development and validation of knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire for prevention of respiratory tract infections among Malaysian Hajj pilgrims By Rafie Arshad.
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