title: Self-reported vaccination in the elderly: SABE Bogota study, Colombia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency of vaccination in older adults within the city of Bogotá and to estimate the association with sociodemographic and health factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a secondary data analysis from the SABE-Bogotá Study, a cross-sectional population-based study that included a total of 2,000 persons aged 60 years. Weighted percentages for self-reported vaccination [influenza, pneumococcal, tetanus] were determined. The association between vaccination and covariates was evaluate by logistic regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 73.0% of respondents received influenza, 57.8% pneumococcal and 47.6% tetanus vaccine. Factors independently associated with vaccination included: 1- age (65-74 years had higher odds of receiving vaccinations, compared to 60-64 years); 2- socioeconomic status (SES) (higher SES had lower odds of having influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, compared to those with lower SES); 3- health insurance (those with contributive or subsidized health insurance had higher odds (between 3 and 5 times higher) of having vaccinations, compared to those with no insurance); 4- older adults with better functional status (greater Lawton scores) had increased odds for all vaccinations; 5- older adults with higher comorbidity had increased odds for influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vaccination campaigns should be strengthened to increase vaccination coverage, especially in the group more reticent to vaccination or vulnerable to reach it such as the disabled elder.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia; Unidad de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. Bogotá Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cano Gutierrez
authors.affiliation: UTHealth, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reyes-Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia; Semillero de Neurociencias y Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universiadad Javeriana, Bogotá Colombia.
authors.forename: Miguel German
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Borda
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia; Semillero de Neurociencias y Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universiadad Javeriana, Bogotá Colombia.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arciniegas
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002947:Cities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003105:Colombia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid
keywords: Aged; epidemiologic studies; influenza; pneumococcal vaccines; tetanus; vaccination