Sero-prevalence of Pertussis Antibodies and Disease Awareness Among Healthcare Professionals in Spain
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Enrollment
- 757
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Evaluation of the overall sero-prevalence of Bordetella pertussis infection among subjects with respect to anti-pertussis (anti-PT) antibody levels.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study aims to determine the sero-prevalence of anti-pertussis antibodies among healthcare professionals at hospital centres in Spain.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Cross Sectional
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Written informed consent obtained from the subject.
- •Subjects who the investigator believes that they can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol.
- •Male and female healthcare professionals aged ≥18 years from selected hospitals.
- •Healthcare professionals in frequent contact with patients in the hospitals.
- •Agreeing for collection of a blood sample for the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Medical students working as healthcare professionals.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Evaluation of the overall sero-prevalence of Bordetella pertussis infection among subjects with respect to anti-pertussis (anti-PT) antibody levels.
Time Frame: Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.
Evaluation of the overall sero-prevalence of Bordetella pertussis infection among subjects with respect to anti-PT seronegativity status.
Time Frame: Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.
Evaluation of the overall sero-prevalence of Bordetella pertussis infection among subjects with respect to anti-PT seropositivity status.
Time Frame: Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.
Secondary Outcomes
- Description of the household composition of healthcare professionals to identify the proportion of healthcare professionals potentially at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting pertussis.(Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.)
- Evaluation of the sero-prevalence of B. pertussis antibodies among healthcare professionals aged ≥ 18 years.(Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.)
- Evaluation of the sero-prevalence of anti-pertussis antibodies among healthcare professionals by vaccination history.(Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.)
- Evaluation of the sero-prevalence of anti-pertussis antibodies among healthcare professionals by previous history of pertussis.(Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.)
- Description of the knowledge and beliefs about whooping cough and vaccination against pertussis among healthcare professionals.(Day 0 of each subject at the time of enrollment.)
