Less than one of every three people with diabetes of flu vaccine

MADRID, 07 (EUROPA PRESS)

Patients with diabetes have rates of vaccination against influenza “particularly” compared to the rest of the population and “troubling differences between men and women”, being less women with diabetes vaccinated against influenza (30%) than protected men (39%).

This is the main conclusion of a study led by researcher Thomas Dorner of the Institute of Social Medicine of the Medical University of Vienna, in Austria, who has emphasized that, in this country, “the rate of vaccination against influenza in diabetic patients is particularly low, unfortunately”.

However, this means that the likelihood of receiving the flu vaccine is more than the double (61%) in diabetic men than in non-diabetic, while in women, there are no differences in immunization between diabetes and not diabetes.

“This data suggests that the rate of vaccination in diabetic patients in Austria needs a considerable momentum and that there is a gender gap that needs attention,” said Dorner.

Says Professor of Medicine of gender of the MedUni Vienna Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, for patients with diabetes, which in any case have an increased risk of infection, the consequences of influenza are far more serious than in those without diabetes. In fact, stresses, “the risk of developing heart problems is significantly higher than” in this population group.