Nudging for Vaccination : Efficacity and Acceptability Among Medical Students

NCT03768596 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: ABarbaroux2018-A02939-46
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Nudge is a set of methods aimed at helping people adopt a behavior by a gentle prompt, conscious or not. Classically, Nudges rely on heuristics and cognitive biases. These methods have been studied for years in social psychology and are receiving renewed attention since the awarding of the Nobel Prize in economics to Richard Thaler for his work on the application of Nudge to the economy. Health professionals are very inadequately vaccinated (25 to 45% of the population). Some studies have shown that a Nudge based on intent implementation can significantly increase vaccination coverage. However, few studies evaluate the acceptability of Nudge or its application to health professionals. The investigators sought to apply a Nudge based on availability heuristics to health professionals, in order to evaluate its effectiveness and terms of behavior adoption (influenza vaccination) and its acceptability. The investigator's hypothesis is that Nudging is both effective and acceptable and that people found nudging more acceptable if they have been exposed to a nudge.

Conditions

Influenza, Human; Vaccination; Sepsis

Keywords

Nudge; acceptability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Efficiency: vaccination rate

  vaccination rate

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• acceptability: scale

  One month

Study Arms (3)

Nudge

EXPERIMENTAL

receiving nudge and form

Behavioral: Nudge; Other: vaccination form

No nudge

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

receiving the same form without nudge (only questions about their opinion/attitudes about vaccination)

Other: vaccination form

No intervention

NO INTERVENTION

receiving no nudge nor form

Interventions

Nudge BEHAVIORAL

Influenza Vaccine Prescription Form accompanied on the back of telephone numbers of occupational health centers of different hospitals where interns are likely to be on probation.

Nudge

vaccination form OTHER

a form about vaccination

No nudge; Nudge

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• medical students

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Adriaan Barbaroux: lead
• Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UNSA

Nice, 06000, France

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Barbaroux A, Benoit L, Raymondie RA, Milhabet I. Nudging health care workers towards a flu shot: reminders are accepted but not necessarily effective. A randomized controlled study among residents in general practice in France. Fam Pract. 2021 Jul 28;38(4):410-415. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmab001.

  PMID: 33506858 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Influenza, Human; Sepsis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Orthomyxoviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Inflammation; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Isabelle MILHABET, MD, PhD

  LAPCOS-UCA

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: In the first pat of the study, participants are unaware of the fact we are trying to nudge them. In the second part, they are explained and asked what they feel about nudging
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDIV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: one group receives a form with the nudge, one group receives the same form without nudge and another group doesn't receive any form

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2018
• First Posted: December 7, 2018
• Study Start: November 7, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 20, 2018
• Study Completion: December 20, 2018
• Last Updated: January 10, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, CSR
• Time Frame: starting 6 months after publication
• Access Criteria: OK for meta analysis, please contact directly Dr Adriaan BARBAROUX.

Locations

FR (1)