Clinician Satisfaction with Vaccination Visits and the Role of Multiple Injections, Results from the Covise Study (Combination Vaccines Impact on Satisfaction and Epidemiology)

• Published in: Clinical pediatrics Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 87 - 93
• Main Authors: Meyerhoff, A., Jacobs, R. J., Greenberg, D. P., Yagoda, B., Castles, C. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2004; Westminster; Sage Publications, Inc; Westminster Publications, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Biological and medical sciences; Children & youth; Clinical trials; Epidemiology; Epidemiology. Vaccinations; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Handicap; Health Care Surveys; Health Personnel - psychology; Humans; Immunization; Immunization Schedule; Infectious diseases; Injections; Job Satisfaction; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Office Visits; Pediatrics; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Random Allocation; Vaccination; Vaccines; Prevention; Immunoprophylaxis; Multiple; Vaccination; Satisfaction; Impact study; Vaccine; Injection; Epidemiology; Result
• ISSN: 0009-9228; 1938-2707
• DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300112

Because little is known about clinician satisfaction with infant vaccination visits, we measured satisfaction and the effects of the number of injections on satisfaction. Clinicians from 35 pediatric centers self-administered a questionnaire using visual analog scales augmented by a Likert scale. All 95 pediatricians and 137 nonphysician vaccinators responded. In both populations, increased injections predicted decreased overall satisfaction, and decreased satisfaction with obtaining consent, time to prepare/administer, getting upset during administration, and time to update records (each p<0.01). Satisfaction decreased markedly, on each measure, at 4-injection visits, 5-injection visits, or both.