An Improvement Project Around Staffs' Influenza Vaccine Uptake

NCT03637036 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: RRK6479
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 8,438
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To reach seasonal vaccination against influenza targets, University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) already invites staff to take up the vaccination, and every November reminds staff that have not yet vaccinated to do so. The current protocol describes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in which staff will be sent different reminders, and the investigators will compare the proportion of staff that go on to vaccinate after receiving each reminder.

Conditions

Influenza Vaccination

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Vaccination uptake

  Whether participants vaccinated (Yes, No)

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Vaccination uptake date

  3 months

• Vaccination uptake reflusal

  3 months

• Vaccination uptake alternative location

  3

Other Outcomes (4)

• Group number

  3 months

• Worksite

  3 months

• Job Role

  3 months

Study Arms (4)

Control Condition

OTHER

A general communication intervention will occur inviting staff to take up the influenza vaccination, without a specific authority or social norm designated.

Other: Communication intervention

Authority Condition

OTHER

A communication intervention will occur inviting staff to take up the influenza vaccination with a specific authority but not a social norm designated.

Other: Communication intervention

Norms Condition

OTHER

A communication intervention will occur inviting staff to take up the influenza vaccination with a social norm but not a specific authority designated.

Other: Communication intervention

Authority + Norms Condition

OTHER

A communication intervention will occur inviting staff to take up the influenza vaccination with a specific authority and a social norm designated.

Other: Communication intervention

Interventions

Communication intervention OTHER

The intervention is a communication inviting staff to take up the influenza vaccination. Different versions of the communication are created, and the investigators will compare uptake rates between staff that received different letters.

Authority + Norms Condition; Authority Condition; Control Condition; Norms Condition

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All UHB staff eligible for the seasonal influenza vaccination are eligible for this study. (no patients are included)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Warwick: lead
• University Hospital Birmingham: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB)

Birmingham, B15 2GW, United Kingdom

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

• Richard J Lilford

  University of Warwick

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants receive one of four types of communications inviting them to take up the influenza vaccination in a randomized fashion. Participants will not be explicitly told that alternative versions of the communications are being sent.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Public Health

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 13, 2018
• First Posted: August 17, 2018
• Study Start: September 24, 2018
• Primary Completion: January 4, 2019
• Study Completion: January 4, 2019
• Last Updated: January 23, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)