Predictors of Delay in Seeking Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Older Adults with Animal Bite Injuries: A Population-Based Study

نویسندگان
Soleimanpour, Hassan ID 1
Abbasian, Mehdi ID 2
Masoudi, Nazanin ID 3
Azizi, Hosein ID 4
Khalili, Zahra ID 5
Sarbazi, Ehsan ID 6
Paknezhad, Seyed Pouya ID 7
Jalilvand, Hadi ID 8

1 Emergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

2 Department of Geriatric Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

3 Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

4 Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

5 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

6 Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

7 Emergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

8 Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

doi
10.18502/ehj.v7i2.8118
چکیده

Introduction: Animal bites are of the major health threats. Delayed post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), especially in frail older people, may lead to mortal risks in this age group. The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern of delayed PEP in animal-bites injuries and to identify its contributing factors in ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Decision Tree, Bite Injury, Delay of Vaccine