Factors Influencing Flu Vaccination in Primary Health Care

NCT04097197 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FIVA_2019
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 197
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to study the barriers to flu vaccination among at-risk people at the Primary Health Care level in order to increase the vaccination rates as recommended by the World Health Organization.

Conditions

Flu, Human

Keywords

Influenza Vaccines; Influenza, Human; Primary Health Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Flu vaccination refusal rate

  Percentage of patients refusing flu vaccination prior to intervention

  up to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Prevalence of barriers to flu vaccination

  up to 6 months

• Flu vaccination acceptance rate post-intervention

  up to 6 months

• Flu vaccination rate

  up to 6 months

Study Arms (1)

Patients receiving information

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in the experimental arm will receive a brief educational intervention if they initially refuse flu vaccination. The intervention was designed towards the most common barriers to flu vaccination that were found after a brief review of the literature. After the intervention, patients will be asked again whether or not they wish to receive the flu vaccine.

Behavioral: Brief educational intervention

Interventions

Brief educational intervention BEHAVIORAL

same as before

Patients receiving information

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• People 65+ otherwise healthy;
• Patients of any age diagnosed with at least one of the following conditions: Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Coronary Disease or Hearth failure;
• No history of flu vaccination in the previous year.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who have been vaccinated against the flu but who have no record of it in the clinical records;
• Patients with contraindications to flu vaccination;
• Patients that cannot be reached either by phone or letter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Dão Lafões: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dão Lafões Grouping of Primary Health Care Centres

Viseu, Dão Lafões, 3514-511, Portugal

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Influenza, Human

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Head of Research Department

Model Details: Before-after study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2019
• First Posted: September 20, 2019
• Study Start: October 14, 2019
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2020
• Study Completion: March 31, 2020
• Last Updated: June 1, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PT (1)