Alon Peled, Arnon Afek, Gilad Twig, Eran Pras, Ygal Rotenstreich, Ifat Sher, Estela Derazne, Dorit Tzur, Barak Gordon
Myopia and Childhood Migration: A Study of 607 862 Adolescents
Ophthalmology
respiratory syncytial virus rsv infection mainly affects newborns infants young children aged 2 years since rsv vaccine european medicines agencys waitlist validation nowadays prevention includes passive immunization monoclonal antibodies mab present study aimed investigating italian paediatricians knowledge attitudes behaviours towards rsv prevention february may 2023 anonymous online questionnaire answers based likert scale administered sample italian paediatricians members italian society paediatrics descriptive inferential statistical analyses performed using stata 17 paediatricians answered questionnaire 507 mostly women 706 aged 3045 331 employed hospitals 666 cases 108 respondents reported rsv transmitted among children younger 2 years age 8033 participants schoolage children risk developing severe forms rsv disease 25 participants thought active immunization currently available prevent rsv infection 357 exist passive immunization prevent rsv infants newborns aged 2 years 975 physicians managed bronchiolitis cases 656 participants prescribe administration mab higher age seniority rsv knowledge score found associated higher mab knowledge score p 0001 higher rsv knowledge associated higher mab knowledge score p 0001 logistic regression model found odds positive attitude towards mab knowledge score increased 3 times 323 95 ci 141 740 p 0006 female odds positive attitude towards mab knowledge score increased almost 10 times 973 95 ci 306 3089 p 0001 oneunit increase rsv knowledge score paediatricians limited knowledge awareness could represent barrier implementation preventive strategies rsv infection strategies improve paediatricians education rsv prevention therefore crucial