Profile and complexity of travel medicine consultations in Chile: unicentric cross-sectional study
| dc.contributor.author | Weitzel, Thomas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-13T18:00:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-13T18:00:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: To analyse the spectrum, vaccination needs and pretravel advice complexity of travellers presenting at a travel medicine clinic in Santiago, Chile. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Pretravel consultations in a private healthcare centre in Chile, an 'emerging market' country in South America. Participants: Travellers (n=1341) seeking pretravel advice at the Travel Medicine Program of Clínica Alemana, Santiago, from April 2016 to March 2018. Primary and secondary outcome measures: Demographical and travel characteristics, indications for travel vaccines and malaria prophylaxis, and complexity of travel consultations. Results: Of 1341 travellers, 51% were female; the median age was 33 years. Most frequent travel reasons were tourism (67%) and business (20%). Median travel duration and time to departure were 21 days and 28 days, respectively. Most destinations were located in America (41%), followed by Asia (36%) and Africa (26%); 96% visited less developed countries, mostly in tropical regions, with risk of arboviral infections (94%) and malaria (69%). The indicated vaccine indications comprised hepatitis A (84%), yellow fever (58%), typhoid fever (51%), rabies (29%), polio (8%), Japanese encephalitis (6%) and meningococcal meningitis (5%). More than 60% of consultations were classified as complex. Conclusion: The studied population mostly visited less developed tropical regions, resulting in a high requirement of yellow fever and other travel-related vaccinations. Most consultations were complex and required a comprehensive knowledge and training in travel medicine. | es |
| dc.format.extent | 8 p. | es |
| dc.identifier.citation | BMJ Open . 2020 Sep 3;10(9):e037903 | es |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037903 | es |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11447/4166 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | es |
| dc.subject | Preventive medicine | es |
| dc.subject | Tropical medicine | es |
| dc.title | Profile and complexity of travel medicine consultations in Chile: unicentric cross-sectional study | es |
| dc.type | Article | es |
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