Rev Epidemiol Sante
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The management of pain in hospitalized patients remains a major public hospital priority. It has been the object of three French national programs since 1999. The purpose of this study was to reassess pain prevalence, pain intensity and patient perception of its management ten years after the first national program and to determine the factors related to the patient satisfaction with efforts to decrease pain intensity. ⋯ This study identifies the factors related to patient satisfaction with pain management and the magnitude of the decrease in pain which should allow further efforts to improve the management of pain and reduce its intensity in hospital inpatients.
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Rev Epidemiol Sante · Dec 2012
[Acceptability of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) by pediatricians, mothers and young women in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam].
Cervical cancer (CC) is almost always induced by some oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV). In Vietnam, it is the first leading cause of cancer in women, with highest prevalence in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Since 2006, prevention of the CC has been improved by licensure of recombinant vaccines directed against HPV 16 and 18, effective when administered before the age of first sexual intercourse. A national program for routine immunization of pre-adolescent girls in addition to cytological screening of adult women would greatly reduce the impact of CC in Vietnam but vaccines remain expensive and it is unclear how this strategy would be accepted by the target population. The aim of this study was to assess the acceptability of HPV vaccination by pediatricians, mothers with a daughter aged 9-15 years and young women aged 16-26 years in HCMC. ⋯ Routine HPV vaccination of girls in HCMC will be well accepted by the population if a large campaign of health education is implemented by the government and if the affordability of vaccines is facilitated.