TY - JOUR T1 - Review: vaccination reduces the incidence of serologically confirmed influenza in healthy adults JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 47 LP - 47 DO - 10.1136/ebn.8.2.47 VL - 8 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2005/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/8/2/47.abstract N2 - Demicheli V, Rivetti D, Deeks JJ, et al. Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004;(3):CD001269. Q Is vaccination effective for reducing the incidence of influenza in healthy people 14–60 years of age? Data sources:Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2004), MEDLINE (1966–2003), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1990–2003), bibliographies of relevant articles, and manufacturers and researchers.Study selection and assessment:controlled trials (published in any language) that evaluated the effectiveness of influenza vaccines for protection from exposure to naturally occurring influenza in healthy people 14–60 years of age.Outcomes:incidence of clinically defined influenza (CDI) (unspecified or specified on the basis of specific symptoms or signs) and serologically confirmed influenza (SCI).47 trials (25 randomised controlled trials [RCTs], n = 59 566) met the selection criteria. (1) Influenza vaccine (inactivated parenteral vaccine [IP], live aerosol … ER -