Adult Influenza Vaccination Text Message Reminders With Electronic Health Record Alerts

NCT02284594 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AAAK5058_3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4,026
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Influenza infection leads to on average 3000-49,0000 deaths and 150,000 hospitalizations annually. While vaccination is the cornerstone of preventing influenza infection, vaccination coverage in adults is low. Latino adults have the lowest coverage rates. Text message reminders have been used successfully for improving influenza vaccination for children. This study will assess the use of text messaging to improve influenza vaccination coverage rates in a largely minority, publicly insured adult population. We will also assess if the patient having received a text message makes the patient more likely to accept vaccination when their provider has received in electronic alert regarding need for influenza vaccination in the electronic health record.

Conditions

Influenza

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• influenza vaccination

  receipt of influenza vaccine

  up to 5 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• influenza vaccination

  up to 2 months

• captured opportunity

  up to 5 months

Study Arms (2)

text message

EXPERIMENTAL

Receipt of series of text messages regarding influenza vaccination

Behavioral: text message

usual care

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

text message BEHAVIORAL

series of text messages regarding influenza vaccination

text message

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \> or = 18 years of age
• at least one visit to the AIM clinic during previous 6 months
• a cell phone number in the registration system
• fluent in English or Spanish

You may not qualify if:

• \- Receipt of influenza vaccination during the 2014-2015 influenza season prior to randomization

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Columbia University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Columbia University Medical Center/ NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Ambulatory Care Network

New York, New York, 10032, 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

• Melissa Stockwell, MD MPH

  Columbia University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Population and Family Health

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 3, 2014
• First Posted: November 6, 2014
• Study Start: November 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2015
• Study Completion: March 1, 2015
• Last Updated: May 19, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-05

Locations

US (1)