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Getting sick&nbsp;is usually not the choice for many, but illnesses can be especially dangerous for people with comprised immune systems.&nbsp;In this population, vaccinations&nbsp;can be&nbsp;essential to&nbsp;prevent infections&nbsp;that would be more difficult to fight.&nbsp;In a study published in Rheumatology, researchers aimed to&nbsp;assess&nbsp;the&nbsp;coverage rates of selected vaccinations in&nbsp;systemic lupus erythematosus&nbsp;(SLE)&nbsp;patients, as well as&nbsp;identify predictors for non-vaccination.&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/RheumatologyMed/status/997139326147485696">https://twitter.com/RheumatologyMed/status/997139326147485696</a>The study included&nbsp;579&nbsp;patients.&nbsp;For the study,&nbsp;researchers collected&nbsp;information&nbsp;in 2013&nbsp;on selected vaccinations (coverage, application and reservations) and on demographics, clinical parameters and health beliefs was assessed by means of a self-reported questionnaire among a representative sample of SLE patients in Germany (also called the&nbsp;LuLa&nbsp;cohort).&nbsp;The&nbsp;patients&rsquo;&nbsp;general practitioners&nbsp;primarily checked patients to evaluate their vaccination status.&nbsp;According to the vaccination status results,&nbsp;24.9% did not get their vaccination status checked at all, 16.1% had generally been advised against the use of vaccinations by a physician, and 37.5% stated that they had rejected vaccinations themselves.&nbsp;According to the patients, their main concerns in getting vaccinations were&nbsp;lupus flare (21.8%) or adverse events (13.5%).&nbsp;Results also showed that&nbsp;greater belief by patients in the doctor controlling one&rsquo;s health and the general benefit of medication prevented the rejection of vaccines.&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
How often do <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SLE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SLE</a> patients receive vaccinations? The LuLa cohort in Germany provides information demonstrating poor vaccine uptake in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lupus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lupus</a>. Excellent study, with good conclusions and useful recommendations from authors <a href="https://t.co/2vrrS9D4vh">https://t.co/2vrrS9D4vh</a>
&mdash; Rheumatology &amp; Rheumatology Advances in Practice (@RheumJnl) <a href="https://twitter.com/RheumJnl/status/996284676829597696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>&ldquo;Vaccination coverage in SLE patients is poor and reflects insufficient implementation of national and international recommendations,&rdquo; the researchers concluded. &ldquo;Rheumatologists need to recognize patients&rsquo; reservations against vaccinations, to communicate their importance and safety and to give individual recommendations to patients and their health-care providers.&rdquo;&nbsp;Check out&nbsp;another article on&nbsp;<a href="https://proddocwire.wpengine.com/rheumatology/time-to-change-the-primary-outcome-of-lupus-trials/">lupus and the issues with clinical trials</a>.&nbsp;SOURCE:&nbsp;<a href="https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article-abstract/57/8/1439/4994816?redirectedFrom=fulltext">Rheumatology&nbsp;</a>

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