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Quality of Life Research : An... Sep 2019Quality of life evaluation is essential to explore the effect of paralytic polio on the daily life experience of the polio survivor. Researchers have employed a range of... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND
Quality of life evaluation is essential to explore the effect of paralytic polio on the daily life experience of the polio survivor. Researchers have employed a range of assessment instruments to evaluate quality of life among polio survivors. Hence, to select the appropriate scale, it is crucial to compare the contents and psychometric properties of these instruments.
PURPOSE
This scoping review explores quality of life instruments that are used in polio literature and analyzes their contents and psychometric properties using the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) criteria.
METHOD
Using the Arksey and O'Malley framework, we conducted a literature search in the following electronic databases Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar to identify relevant studies that focused on quality of life of polio survivors. Of the 88 articles that qualify for full-text screening, 34 studies met our inclusion criteria. Two independent reviewers extracted data from the selected studies via Covidence, a reference manager that allows for blinding of reviews.
RESULTS
Most of the instruments included in this review are generic, self-reported, and multidimensional. Despite having mostly adequate psychometric properties, these properties were not evaluated in polio survivors.
CONCLUSION
The information provided in this review could be used to guide instrument selection and identify the need to develop a new tool or to adapt a pre-existing scale for measuring quality of life among polio survivors.
Topics: Humans; Poliomyelitis; Psychometrics; Quality of Life; Survivors
PubMed: 31028511
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-019-02185-x -
The American Journal of Tropical... Jul 2023In 1988, the WHO launched the Global Poliomyelitis Eradication Initiative with the goal of eradication by 2000. Not only has this goal, which has been repeatedly...
In 1988, the WHO launched the Global Poliomyelitis Eradication Initiative with the goal of eradication by 2000. Not only has this goal, which has been repeatedly postponed, still not been achieved, but while the wild polio virus is still endemic in two Asian countries, a new epidemic caused by a vaccine-derived virus is spreading and is now affecting numerous developing and industrialized countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. In addition to biological explanations for the failure of eradication, vaccination refusal by communities in mainly two regions of Africa and Asia has prevented mass vaccination campaigns from achieving their immunization coverage targets. The way these campaigns have been deployed has contributed to mistrust and hostility. The negative reactions of some communities, expressed from the first vaccination campaigns, were belatedly considered, which gave time for rumors to flourish and settle permanently. This failure underscores the importance of taking into account, before any vaccination campaign begins, the "health culture" of target populations-meaning their representations of the vaccines and the health authorities that promote vaccination, as well as their knowledge, fears, and hopes.
Topics: Humans; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; Vaccination; Immunization Programs; Vaccination Refusal; Global Health; Disease Eradication
PubMed: 37188348
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0154 -
Expert Review of Vaccines Jul 2020Over the last 20 years (2000-2019) the partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) invested in the development and application of mathematical models of... (Review)
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INTRODUCTION
Over the last 20 years (2000-2019) the partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) invested in the development and application of mathematical models of poliovirus transmission as well as economics, policy, and risk analyses of polio endgame risk management options, including policies related to poliovirus vaccine use during the polio endgame.
AREAS COVERED
This review provides a historical record of the polio studies published by the three modeling groups that primarily performed the bulk of this work. This review also systematically evaluates the polio transmission and health economic modeling papers published in English in peer-reviewed journals from 2000 to 2019, highlights differences in approaches and methods, shows the geographic coverage of the transmission modeling performed, identified common themes, and discusses instances of similar or conflicting insights or recommendations.
EXPERT OPINION
Polio modeling performed during the last 20 years substantially impacted polio vaccine choices, immunization policies, and the polio eradication pathway. As the polio endgame continues, national preferences for polio vaccine formulations and immunization strategies will likely continue to change. Future modeling will likely provide important insights about their cost-effectiveness and their relative benefits with respect to controlling polio and potentially achieving and maintaining eradication.
Topics: Disease Eradication; Global Health; Humans; Immunization Programs; Models, Economic; Models, Theoretical; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus Vaccines; Risk Management; Vaccination
PubMed: 32741232
DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2020.1791093 -
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia =... 2023To analyze the coverage of MMR and polio vaccines, the temporal trend and spatial dependence, in children up to one year of age in Brazil, between 2011 and 2021.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the coverage of MMR and polio vaccines, the temporal trend and spatial dependence, in children up to one year of age in Brazil, between 2011 and 2021.
METHODS
Ecological study with secondary data on vaccination coverage rates, made available by the National Immunization Program Information System. Trend analysis was carried out using the joinpoint method, according to geographic regions, estimating the annual percentage change (APC) and its respective confidence interval (95%CI). Choropleth maps of distribution by health region were constructed and, subsequently, the spatial dependence was verified using Moran's statistics.
RESULTS
Between 2011 and 2021, vaccination coverage declined in Brazil, both for MMR (APC: -6.4%; 95%CI -9.0; -3.8) and for poliomyelitis (APC: -4. 5%; 95%CI -5.5; -3.6). There was a decline in coverage of both vaccines in all geographic regions over the years of the study, except in the South and Midwest for the MMR vaccine. Since 2015, few health regions in the country have achieved adequate vaccination coverage (≥95.0% to <120.0%). The North and Northeast health regions showed low-low clusters in the univariate analysis for both immunobiological.
CONCLUSIONS
It is urgent to consider studies like this one for the planning of more effective strategies for immunizing children, especially in areas with higher falls. In this way, barriers to access to immunization can be broken, given Brazil's heterogeneity, and access to reliable information that increases confidence in vaccine efficacy can be expanded.
Topics: Child; Humans; Vaccination Coverage; Brazil; Vaccination; Poliomyelitis; Vaccines; Spatial Analysis
PubMed: 37878834
DOI: 10.1590/1980-549720230047 -
The Pan African Medical Journal 2021Kano State in Northern Nigeria was a major source of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) cases in Nigeria up until 2015. In 2009, the State reported 168 WPV cases out of the 388... (Review)
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INTRODUCTION
Kano State in Northern Nigeria was a major source of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) cases in Nigeria up until 2015. In 2009, the State reported 168 WPV cases out of the 388 reported nationally. This paper characterizes the progress made by Kano State in polio eradication.
METHODS
In December 2017, we conducted a descriptive review of Routine Immunization (RI) from both the District Vaccine Data Management Tool (DVD-MT) and District Health Information System (DHIS2) from 2010 to 2017. Also, we reviewed the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) and Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) data reported for Kano State from 2010 to 2017. Also, we obtained the number of reported WPV cases by serotypes.
RESULTS
From 2010 to 2017, a total of 65 confirmed WPV cases were reported in Kano State. Of these, 58 (89%) were WPV1 and 7 (11%) WPV3. Almost half of these cases were reported in 2012 from 14 LGAs. The number of reported cases fell to 15 (23%) in 10 LGAs in 2013, and further decreased to 5 (8%) in four LGAs in 2014. No new WPV cases have been detected in Kano since 2015. During the same period, 23 circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Viruses (cVDPV2) cases were reported in Kano. Specifically, 10 LGAs reported 10 cases in 2011. Three LGAs reported three cases in 2012, while eight LGAs reported 10 total cases in 2014. During the 2010 to 2017 period 61 SIAs were conducted.
CONCLUSION
Kano State made progress toward polio eradication. Sustained eradication efforts, in form of high quality RI, SIAs and AFP surveillance are necessary to avert possible importation from 2016 polio resurgence in nearby Borno State, Nigeria.
Topics: Humans; Disease Eradication; Immunization Programs; Incidence; Nigeria; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; Population Surveillance
PubMed: 36157557
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.1.19318 -
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation... Aug 2021Acute poliomyelitis is now extremely rare in the United States. Worldwide there are still sporadic outbreaks, which are typically treated with acute inoculation... (Review)
Review
Acute poliomyelitis is now extremely rare in the United States. Worldwide there are still sporadic outbreaks, which are typically treated with acute inoculation programs. Although polio has effectively been eradicated, the full scope of the disease and its myriad manifestations both in the acute phase and in the postpolio syndrome phase, remain areas of fertile research, debate, and stimulating topics.
Topics: Activities of Daily Living; Electromyography; Humans; Poliomyelitis; Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
PubMed: 34175011
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2021.02.005 -
Journal of Theoretical Biology Aug 2020Poliomyelitis is a worldwide disease that has nearly been eradicated thanks to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Nevertheless, the disease is currently still...
Poliomyelitis is a worldwide disease that has nearly been eradicated thanks to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Nevertheless, the disease is currently still endemic in three countries. In this paper, we incorporate the vaccination in a two age-class model of polio dynamics. Our main objective is to see whether mandatory vaccination policy is needed or if polio could be almost eradicated by a voluntary vaccination. We perform game theoretical analysis and compare the herd immunity vaccination levels with the Nash equilibrium vaccination levels. We show that the gap between two vaccination levels is too large. We conclude that the mandatory vaccination policy is therefore needed to achieve a complete eradication.
Topics: Blood Transfusion; Disease Eradication; Global Health; Humans; Policy; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; Vaccination
PubMed: 32371008
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110298 -
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 2018
Topics: Communicable Disease Control; Disease Eradication; Global Health; Humans; Islam; Poliomyelitis; Poliomyelitis, Bulbar; Risk Factors; Saudi Arabia; Travel
PubMed: 30096355
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.08.003 -
JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan... Jan 2021
Topics: Disease Eradication; Global Health; Humans; Immunization Programs; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 35157692
DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.890 -
The Lancet. Infectious Diseases Sep 2021
Topics: Afghanistan; Disease Eradication; Humans; Pakistan; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus
PubMed: 34450070
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00488-6