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August 15, 2026GERMSOpen Access

Changes in Patient Attitudes and Vaccination Intention After Pneumococcal Vaccination Counselling by Trained Family Physicians: A Multicentre Implementation Study in Romania

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RSRoxana SurugiuUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy of CraiovaVRVirginia Maria RădulescuUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy of CraiovaADAnca DeleanuRomanian Society of Nephrology

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Implication

Quasi-experimental study reveals improved patient attitudes and vaccination intention following physician counselling, suggesting positive implementation feasibility across clinical settings.

Key Points

  • Evaluate changes in adult patient attitudes and pneumococcal vaccination intentions following counselling by family physicians trained via in-person communication workshops or online webinars.
  • Non-randomised, multicentre, quasi-experimental implementation study conducted across three Romanian regions from August to November 2025.
  • Assessed 295 questionnaire pairs from adult patients nested within 29 family physicians receiving either in-person training with motivational interviewing (Iași and Dolj) or online medical webinars (webinar group).
  • Evaluated pre- and post-counselling composite attitude scores, vaccination intention, and self-reported vaccination or appointment scheduling using cluster-robust group-by-time modeling.
  • Composite attitude scores showed significant baseline differences (5.64 webinar vs. 5.29 Dolj vs. 4.09 Iași; p < 0.001) and varying mean improvements across settings (+0.28 webinar vs. +0.60 Dolj vs. +1.02 Iași; global p = 0.001).
  • Strong baseline vaccination intention varied across cohorts (75.6% webinar vs. 48.1% Dolj vs. 27.2% Iași) and increased within each group, with no significant differences in magnitude of change between settings (group-by-time p = 0.929).
  • Combined self-reported vaccination or scheduling was achieved by 81.5% in the webinar group, 73.3% in Dolj, and 49.4% in Iași, with no significant group differences remaining after adjusting for baseline intention (p = 0.651).

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Surugiu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8019a975c2e31742c85b7ahttps://doi.org/10.3390/germs16030020
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