Validation of the 5-year tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio booster vaccination in the Danish childhood vaccination database

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 955 - 959
• Main Authors: Wójcik, Oktawia P, Simonsen, Jacob, Mølbak, Kåre, Valentiner-Branth, Palle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 30.01.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Allergy and Immunology; Applied microbiology; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; childhood; Childhood vaccination database; Children; Children & youth; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data processing; Denmark; Diphtheria; Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine - administration & dosage; Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General Practice - standards; general practitioners; Health insurance; Hospitals; Human bacterial diseases; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immunization; Immunization, Secondary - utilization; Infectious diseases; Inventories; Male; Medical sciences; Microbiology; parents; Pertussis; Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated - administration & dosage; Population studies; questionnaires; Registries; Research Design - standards; secondary immunization; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tdap-IPV booster; Tetanus; Under-reporting; Vaccination; Vaccines; Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects); Vaccines, Combined - administration & dosage; Validation; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the nervous system; Denmark; Scandinavia; Europe; Validation; Denmark; Childhood vaccination database; Under-reporting; Tdap-IPV booster; Nervous system diseases; Booster vaccination; Vaccination; Acute anterior poliomyelitis; Diphtheria; Infection; Viral disease; Central nervous system disease; Bacteriosis; Database; Tetanus; Spinal cord disease
• ISSN: 0264-410X; 1873-2518
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.100

Highlights ► Estimated TdaP-IPV under-reporting in the childhood vaccination database is 20.2%. ► Adjusted TdaP-IPV VC is 85.6% compared to 82.0% from the vaccination database. ► Majority of children with unregistered TdaP-IPV booster were vaccinated by a GP. ► Most common reasons for not receiving TdaP-IPV booster were forgetting and refusing. ► Validating data used for VC calculations is needed to obtain more precise estimates.