International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study

Background: Approximately the 8% of travelers requires medical care, with the diagnosis of a vaccine-preventable disease. The aim of our study was to analyze the socio-demographic, health and travel characteristics of the Italian international travelers. Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study...

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Autores principales:	Gianmarco Troiano, Astrid Mercone, Alessandra Bagnoli, Nicola Nante
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2017
Materias:	Travel medicine Italy characteristics vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f8c83527fc7e446997af0b060039c10a2021-12-02T02:36:39ZInternational Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2016.12.004https://doaj.org/article/f8c83527fc7e446997af0b060039c10a2017-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/241https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Approximately the 8% of travelers requires medical care, with the diagnosis of a vaccine-preventable disease. The aim of our study was to analyze the socio-demographic, health and travel characteristics of the Italian international travelers. Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study from January 2015 to June 2016, at the Travel Medicine Clinic of Siena, asking the doctor to interview patients who attended the Clinic, recording socio-demographic and travel information, malaria prophylaxis, vaccinations. The data were organized in a database and processed by software Stata®. Results: We collected 419 questionnaires. Patients chose 71 countries for their travels; the favorite destinations were: India (6.31%), Thailand (6.31%), and Brazil (5.10%). The mean length of stay was 36.17 days. Italians, students, and freelancers tended to stay abroad for a longer time (mean: 36.4 days, 59.87 days and 64.16 days respectively). 33.17% of our sample used drugs for malaria chemoprophylaxis: 71.9% of them used Atovaquone/Proguanil (Malarone®), 26.6% used Mefloquine (Lariam®), 1.5% other drugs. The vaccinations that travelers mostly got in our study were to prevent hepatitis A (n = 264), the typhoid fever (n = 187), the Tetanus + Diphtheria + Pertussis (n = 165), the Yellow fever (n = 118) and the cholera (n = 78).</p><p id="abspara0025">Twenty-eight (6.68%) refused some recommended vaccinations. The vaccines mostly refused were for Typhoid fever (n = 20), hepatitis a (n = 9), and cholera (n = 9). Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that Italian international travelers are at-risk because of their poor vaccinations adherence. This implies that pre-travel counseling is fundamental to increase the knowledge of the risks and the compliance of future travelers.Gianmarco TroianoAstrid MerconeAlessandra BagnoliNicola NanteUbiquity PressarticleTravel medicineItalycharacteristicsvaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 83, Iss 2, Pp 380-385 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Travel medicine Italy characteristics vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Gianmarco Troiano Astrid Mercone Alessandra Bagnoli Nicola Nante International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study
description	Background: Approximately the 8% of travelers requires medical care, with the diagnosis of a vaccine-preventable disease. The aim of our study was to analyze the socio-demographic, health and travel characteristics of the Italian international travelers. Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study from January 2015 to June 2016, at the Travel Medicine Clinic of Siena, asking the doctor to interview patients who attended the Clinic, recording socio-demographic and travel information, malaria prophylaxis, vaccinations. The data were organized in a database and processed by software Stata®. Results: We collected 419 questionnaires. Patients chose 71 countries for their travels; the favorite destinations were: India (6.31%), Thailand (6.31%), and Brazil (5.10%). The mean length of stay was 36.17 days. Italians, students, and freelancers tended to stay abroad for a longer time (mean: 36.4 days, 59.87 days and 64.16 days respectively). 33.17% of our sample used drugs for malaria chemoprophylaxis: 71.9% of them used Atovaquone/Proguanil (Malarone®), 26.6% used Mefloquine (Lariam®), 1.5% other drugs. The vaccinations that travelers mostly got in our study were to prevent hepatitis A (n = 264), the typhoid fever (n = 187), the Tetanus + Diphtheria + Pertussis (n = 165), the Yellow fever (n = 118) and the cholera (n = 78).</p><p id="abspara0025">Twenty-eight (6.68%) refused some recommended vaccinations. The vaccines mostly refused were for Typhoid fever (n = 20), hepatitis a (n = 9), and cholera (n = 9). Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that Italian international travelers are at-risk because of their poor vaccinations adherence. This implies that pre-travel counseling is fundamental to increase the knowledge of the risks and the compliance of future travelers.
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author	Gianmarco Troiano Astrid Mercone Alessandra Bagnoli Nicola Nante
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title	International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study
title_short	International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study
title_full	International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study
title_fullStr	International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study
title_full_unstemmed	International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study
title_sort	international travelers’ sociodemographic, health, and travel characteristics: an italian study
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2017
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International Travelers’ Sociodemographic, Health, and Travel Characteristics: An Italian Study

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