@article {505036, title = {Vaccination coverage of children with inflammatory bowel disease after an awareness campaign on the risk of infection.}, journal = {Dig Liver Dis}, volume = {47}, number = {6}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Jun}, pages = {460-4}, abstract = {BACKGROUND: Children with inflammatory bowel disease are at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases mostly due to immunosuppressive drugs. AIM: To evaluate coverage after an awareness campaign informing patients, their parents and general practitioner about the vaccination schedule. METHODS: Vaccination coverage was firstly evaluated and followed by an awareness campaign on the risk of infection via postal mail. The trial is a case-control study on the same patients before and after the awareness campaign. Overall, 92 children were included. A questionnaire was then completed during a routine appointment to collect data including age at diagnosis, age at data collection, treatment history, and vaccination status. RESULTS: Vaccination rates significantly increased for vaccines against diphtheria-tetanus-poliomyelitis (92\% vs. 100\%), Haemophilus influenzae (88\% vs. 98\%), hepatitis B (52\% vs. 71\%), pneumococcus (36\% vs. 57\%), and meningococcus C (17\% vs. 41\%) (p, issn = {1878-3562}, doi = {10.1016/j.dld.2015.02.009}, author = {Fleurier, Aude and Pelatan, Cecile and Willot, Stephanie and Ginies, Jean-Louis and Breton, Estelle and Bridoux, Laure and Segura, Jean-Francois and Chaillou, Emilie and Jobert, Agathe and Darviot, Estelle and Cagnard, Benoit and Delaperriere, Nadege and Grimal, Isabelle and Carre, Emilie and Wagner, Anne-Claire and Sylvestre, Emmanuelle and Dabadie, Alain} }