Licensing Flu Shot Study

NCT01440205 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 813606-2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 6,098
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The mailer will encourage all employees of one of Evive's partner companies to attend an on-site free flu shot clinic they are offering in the fall of 2011. The research will examine differences in follow-through on getting a flu shot at an on-site clinic among the targeted population during the \~1 month period when clinics are being offered (following the mailing) as a function of experimental condition.

Conditions

Flu

Keywords

Flu Shot

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Participants that receive a flu shot

  up to two months

Study Arms (3)

Easy list of healthy habits

EXPERIMENTAL

In this condition, participants will be prompted to think about a list of healthy behaviors and check off (privately - they will never send this flyer back or show it to anyone) whether "yes" they conform to the healthy habit or "no" they do not. The list of healthy behaviors is a list that most people will find fairly easy, and thus most participants will answer "yes" to each habit. The final question will be a prompt to get a flu shot. The hope is that when people realize how healthy their habits are, it will seem natural to them to engage in yet another healthy habit and receive a flu shot.

Behavioral: Easy list of healthy habits

Challenging list of healthy habits

EXPERIMENTAL

In this condition, participants will be prompted to think about a list of healthy behaviors and check off (privately - they will never send this flyer back or show it to anyone) whether "yes" they conform to the healthy habit or "no" they do not. The list of healthy behaviors is a list that most people will find fairly difficult, and thus most participants will answer "no" to each habit. The final question will be a prompt to get a flu shot. The hope is that when people realize how unhealthy their habits are, it will seem wise to engage in one healthy habit that is easy (to make up for other bad behaviors) and receive a flu shot.

Behavioral: Challenging list of healthy habits

Control

EXPERIMENTAL

A control condition with no list of healthy behaviors.

Behavioral: Control

Interventions

Easy list of healthy habits BEHAVIORAL

The recipient will be prompted to check off "yes" or "no" to healthy habits that most people will find fairly easy.

Easy list of healthy habits

Challenging list of healthy habits BEHAVIORAL

The recipient will be prompted to check off "yes" or "no" to healthy habits that most people will find fairly difficult.

Challenging list of healthy habits

Control BEHAVIORAL

No check box element

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Employee at partner corporation

You may not qualify if:

• Employee already received a flu shot this season

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pennsylvania: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Influenza, Human

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Orthomyxoviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Katherine L Milkman, Ph.D.

  University of Pennsylvania

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2011
• First Posted: September 26, 2011
• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2011
• Study Completion: May 1, 2012
• Last Updated: September 14, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Locations

US (1)