I Ridda

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Publications

  1. ncbi The challenges of clinical trials in the exclusion zone: the case of the frail elderly
    Iman Ridda
    The Children Hospital, National Center for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
    Australas J Ageing 27:61-6. 2008
  2. ncbi Immunological responses to pneumococcal vaccine in frail older people
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 27:1628-36. 2009
  3. ncbi A qualitative study to assess the perceived benefits and barriers to the pneumococcal vaccine in hospitalised older people
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 27:3775-9. 2009
  4. ncbi Difficulties in recruiting older people in clinical trials: an examination of barriers and solutions
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 28:901-6. 2010
  5. ncbi Differences in attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of hospital health care workers and community doctors to vaccination of older people
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, NSW, Australia The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 26:5633-40. 2008
  6. ncbi Lack of pneumococcal carriage in the hospitalised elderly
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 28:3902-4. 2010
  7. ncbi Factors associated with pneumococcal immunisation among hospitalised elderly persons: a survey of patient's perception, attitude, and knowledge
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 26:234-40. 2008
  8. ncbi Predictors of pneumococcal vaccination uptake in hospitalized patients aged 65 years and over shortly following the commencement of a publicly funded national pneumococcal vaccination program in Australia
    Iman Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney NSW, Australia
    Hum Vaccin 3:83-6. 2007

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Publications8

  1. ncbi The challenges of clinical trials in the exclusion zone: the case of the frail elderly
    Iman Ridda
    The Children Hospital, National Center for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
    Australas J Ageing 27:61-6. 2008
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  2. ncbi Immunological responses to pneumococcal vaccine in frail older people
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 27:1628-36. 2009
    ..However, the elderly are a heterogeneous group and measures of overall frailty may be a better indicator of disease susceptibility (or vaccine response) than chronological age alone...
  3. ncbi A qualitative study to assess the perceived benefits and barriers to the pneumococcal vaccine in hospitalised older people
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 27:3775-9. 2009
    ..Pneumococcal vaccine is now recommended for all people aged 65 years and over in Australia, yet many in this age group remain unvaccinated, especially those from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB)...
  4. ncbi Difficulties in recruiting older people in clinical trials: an examination of barriers and solutions
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 28:901-6. 2010
    ..Population-specific recruitment strategies, simple informed-consent processes, and effective communication between the researcher and subject are effective strategies to overcome these barriers...
  5. ncbi Differences in attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of hospital health care workers and community doctors to vaccination of older people
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, NSW, Australia The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 26:5633-40. 2008
    ..Since 2005 a publicly funded program offering free pneumococcal vaccine for elderly people over 65 years has been implemented in Australia...
  6. ncbi Lack of pneumococcal carriage in the hospitalised elderly
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 28:3902-4. 2010
    ..We studied pneumococcal carriage among participants in a pneumococcal immunisation study in the frail elderly...
  7. ncbi Factors associated with pneumococcal immunisation among hospitalised elderly persons: a survey of patient's perception, attitude, and knowledge
    I Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Vaccine 26:234-40. 2008
    ..To investigate attitudes, perceptions and knowledge of elderly hospital patients in regard to vaccination in general and pneumococcal vaccination in particular...
  8. ncbi Predictors of pneumococcal vaccination uptake in hospitalized patients aged 65 years and over shortly following the commencement of a publicly funded national pneumococcal vaccination program in Australia
    Iman Ridda
    National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney NSW, Australia
    Hum Vaccin 3:83-6. 2007
    ..However, demented patients and the very elderly remain under-vaccinated, despite being admitted to hospital for active management of acute conditions...