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DOI: 10.2337/diaclin.25.4.145
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Influenza Vaccination: An Unmet Need in Patients With Diabetes
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IN BRIEF
Influenza vaccinations remain low in people with diabetes. Influenza
vaccinations should be offered to all individuals with diabetes 
6 months
of age. This simple, effective, and safe treatment can prevent an
uncomfortable and potentially severe viral infection across the age span.
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Introduction |
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Vaccination of people at risk for complications from influenza, such as those with diabetes, is a key U.S. public health strategy for preventing associated morbidity and mortality.1 Despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and others to administer influenza vaccines annually to all diabetic patients who are 6 months of age and older, influenza vaccination rates in this population remain low (Figure 1).1-4 The current level of vaccination falls far short of the 2010 national health objectives call for a 90% vaccination rate for all elderly people (
65
years of age) and 60% for younger people who have risk factors (e.g.,
diabetes).4 In fact,
> 10 million Americans with diabetes currently lack the protection afforded
by a single annual influenza vaccination.
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Increasing Incidence of Diabetes |
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The obesity epidemic of the 21st century has broad-reaching collateral effects, including the clinically significant increasing number of patients with newly diagnosed diabetes.5-7 The overall U.S. prevalence of diabetes, defined by a fasting glucose > 126 mg/dl or a 2-hour plasma glucose of 200 mg/dl after an oral glucose load (oral glucose tolerance testing, OGTT), was estimated in 2005 at 7% (nearly 21 million people), with certain minority groups and the elderly disproportionately affected (e.g., 18% [age-adjusted prevalence] in American Indians/Alaska Natives, 21% in people
60 years of
age).6 The at-risk
population for complications also includes the even larger (41 million)
pre-diabetic group, defined as those with impaired fasting glucose (100-125
mg/dl) and/or impaired glucose tolerance (OGTT 2-hour plasma glucose 140-199
mg/dl).6 If the
trend of increasing incidence continues, more than one-third of Americans born
in 2000 will develop
diabetes.8
The myriad complications of diabetes are a function of both the degree and
duration of poor glycemic control, although insulin resistance, the sentinel
defect in most type 2 diabetic patients, leads to microvascular and
macrovascular changes that pre-date frank hyperglycemia or diabetes
diagnosis.9 Although
traditionally considered strictly a disorder of glucose metabolism, diabetes
imparts a significant two- to fourfold increased risk for cardiovascular
disease, which affects up to 80% of these individuals and accounts for 
70% of their
mortality.10-12
For individuals who are diagnosed with diabetes at 40 years of age, it is
estimated that men and women will lose 11.6 and 14.3 life-years,
respectively.13 In
2004, diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and
cardiovascular disease, a common comorbidity, was the most common cause of
death.14
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Impact of Influenza |
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Influenza is a common and potentially serious viral infection, with an incidence of 5-20% annually in the United States.15 During the past decade, influenza contributed to an estimated 36,000 deaths and > 200,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year.16,17 The current annual rates of hospital admissions and deaths due to influenza are likely higher because more individuals have moved into high-risk groups (e.g., the elderly and individuals with diabetes). Historically, annual direct medical costs associated with influenza illness have been estimated at $3 billion.18,19 The indirect costs of illness, including absenteeism in businesses, schools, and daycare centers during yearly influenza outbreaks, are estimated at $12 billion each year.20,21
Classic influenza illness is characterized by abrupt onset of high fever, nonproductive cough, chills, headache, sore throat, nasal congestion, myalgia, and malaise.22 Children may present with symptoms uncommon in adults, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting. It is noteworthy that patients and their health care providers often confuse influenza with many other, less severe respiratory viral infections. Poehling et al.23 found that the diagnosis of influenza was made by a provider for only a minority (17%) of culture-positive children who were either febrile or symptomatic.
The course of influenza illness can either be uncomplicated and self-limited or associated with sequelae. An uncomplicated course of influenza can last up to 15 days, with restricted activity for 5-6 days, including 3-4 days of bed rest.24,25 Profound fatigue may continue for weeks after resolution of other symptoms. While people of all ages are at risk of influenza infection, complications are most common in those at the extremes of age and with certain underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular disease. Complications include secondary bacterial pneumonia, sinusitis, bronchitis, and myocarditis, as well as croup, bronchiolitis, and acute otitis media in children.1,15,26
All bacterial and viral infections, including influenza, are associated
with significant morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes, in part
because of poor glycemic control and acidosis, as well as comorbid conditions
(e.g., advanced age, renal disease, and cardiovascular
disease).27 The
incidences of diabetic ketoacidosis and associated hospital admissions were
noted to be increased during influenza epidemic
years.28,29
In a population-based study conducted by Bouter et
al.,29 the risk of
hospitalization was increased sixfold in patients with diabetes, compared with
age- and sex-matched control subjects. At-risk patients, including those with
diabetes, are also at increased risk of death from influenza and secondary
pneumonia.29-31
In a case-control study (control subjects matched for age and sex), mortality
risk due to influenza was doubled in diabetic patients compared with
nondiabetic patients (odds ratio 2.0, 95% confidence interval [CI]
0.4-14.8).30
Although not specifically studied in patients with diabetes, evidence suggests
that influenza can trigger acute myocardial infarction and increase coronary
heart disease death (odds ratio
1.3).32 These
results take on special significance for patients with diabetes, whose risk of
an acute cardiovascular event, as well as short-term (inpatient) and long-term
risk of death following acute myocardial infarction is two- to fourfold higher
(P 
0.001) than in patients without
diabetes.33,34
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Serological protection from influenza infection after vaccination has been shown to be comparable between patients with diabetes and healthy control subjects in four case-control studies.35-38 Furthermore, several research groups have documented the safety and efficacy of vaccination against the serious morbidity and mortality of influenza infection in patients with diabetes,39-41 in high-risk patients, including those with diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease,31,42-45 and in subgroup analysis of patients with diabetes.46,47 Across clinical studies, the vaccine was generally well tolerated, with mild soreness at the vaccination site being the most common side effect.48
Looijmans-Van Den Akker et al.39 reported on the effectiveness of influenza vaccination among 9,238 adults with diabetes who were enrolled in a large, nested, case-control study. According to multivariate logistic regression with adjustments for potential confounders (i.e., age, sex; health insurance; presence of heart, lung, or other high-risk disease; number of medications; and number of general practitioner visits during the 12 months before the influenza epidemic), influenza vaccination was associated with a 54% (95% CI 26-71%) reduction in hospitalizations (P= 0.002) and a 58% (95% CI 13-80%) reduction in death (P = 0.019).39
In a smaller case-control study, Colquhoun et al.40 determined the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in children and adults with diabetes during two influenza epidemic seasons. After controlling for sex, age, type of diabetes, year of epidemic, and number of general practitioner visits in the previous 12 months, influenza vaccination was associated with a 79% (95% CI 19-95%) reduction in hospital admissions among people with diabetes. These results are supported by those of Nicholson et al.,49 who reported an 89% (95% CI 19-95%) reduction in hospital admissions with vaccination.
Schade and McCombs41 determined the age-, sex-, and comorbidity-adjusted odds ratio for death in people with diabetes based on vaccination status during two influenza seasons. In their study, vaccination was associated with a 36% (95% CI 28-44%) and 40% (95% CI 31-47%) decreased risk of death during the two assessment years among diabetic patients who were vaccinated compared with those who were not. These results were confirmed by Hak et al.47 in a subgroup analysis of a large cohort of elderly patients, 14,915 of whom had diabetes. Influenza vaccination was associated with a significant reduction in the combined outcome of hospitalization for pneumonia/influenza or death due to any cause of 50% (95% CI 37-60%; P < 0.001 vs. no vaccination) and 21% (95% CI 6-34%; P = 0.009) in the influenza seasons of 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, respectively.
Taken together, study findings support the value of influenza vaccination for patients with diabetes, with data showing benefits based on fewer hospitalizations and deaths.
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Based on the results from clinical studies, the ADA and CDC recommend annual influenza vaccination for all patients with diabetes who are
6
months of age (Table
1).1,48
Vaccination each year is required because of waning immunity and changes in
circulating strains (antigenic drift). For children < 9 years of age who
have never been vaccinated, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
recommends administration of two influenza vaccine doses, separated by at
least 1 month, with the second dose administered before
December.1 In
addition, close household contacts of and health care workers providing care
to people with diabetes should receive annual influenza vaccinations to
decrease person-to-person transmission.
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Strategies to Increase the Reach of Influenza Vaccination |
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People with diabetes will benefit from increased influenza vaccination rates. As recommended by professional and other organizations,1,48,50 medical practices that serve people with diabetes and associated cardiovascular disease should include annual influenza vaccinations as a routine component of patient care. Specific intervention strategies are recommended to increase reach to those who are
65 years of age, those who
are residents of nursing homes or other chronic care facilities, those who
require regular medical care or hospitalization, and those who have comorbid
cardiopulmonary
disease.48 Many
different types of practices and many types of health care professionals
(e.g., physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants,
pharmacists, and diabetes educators) serve diabetes patients, and all can
contribute to increasing influenza immunization rates. In a survey of people
with diabetes,51
belief in vaccine efficacy (odds ratio 5.6), recommendation by a health
professional (odds ratio 14), and previous vaccination (odds ratio 40) were
factors significantly associated with vaccine uptake. In a report by Van
Amburgh et al.,52
the vaccination immunization rate increased from 28 to 54% (P <
0.05) among high-risk patients through a pharmacist-managed initiative. The
initiative involved the mailing of an educational package on influenza
immunization to high-risk patients and vaccine provision not only during
routine clinic visits but also in vaccine-only clinics run by pharmacists. Influenza vaccination rates may be positively affected by interventions that increase vaccine access, increase demand, and overcome practice-related barriers (Table 2). Practices that do not provide vaccination services should recommend the vaccine to their diabetic patients and refer those patients to vaccine clinics and other providers who vaccinate. As previously mentioned, recommendations made directly by medical providers are the most effective.51 However, recommendations can be made through other channels, such as in writing (e.g., prominently displayed posters, postcards, e-mails, and notices on websites) or by nonmedical staff members who provide a scripted message ("The doctor recommends that all of his/her patients with diabetes get an influenza vaccine."). Finally, professional organizations that promote optimal care for people with diabetes should add annual vaccinations to their quality assurance checklists. This will help ensure that their constituencies offer people with diabetes complete care according to national recommendations.
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In summary, influenza virus causes an unpleasant and potentially
debilitating viral illness, resulting in clinically significant sequelae and
mortality in some affected individuals. Influenza vaccination is simple,
effective, and safe; it should be offered to all adults and children 6
months of age who have diabetes. Influenza vaccination rates in this
population remain low. Communication by a health care professional about the
need for vaccination and improvements in service provision are recommended to
increase vaccination rates in at-risk diabetic patients.
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William Schaffner, MD, is a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., and vice president at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md. Susan J. Rehm, MD, is medical director at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md., and a professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Tom A. Elasy, MD, MPH, is medical director of the Vanderbilt Eskind Diabetes Clinic and the Ann and Roscoe R. Robinson Associate Professor of Clinical Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He is editor-in-chief of Clinical Diabetes.
Note of disclosure: Dr. Rehm has received honoraria for speaking engagements from Roche Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures an antiviral medication that is active against influenza virus.
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