COVID-19 Booster Readiness Survey

NCT05529030 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022-0726
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 12,036
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this administrative survey is to inform health system logistics by assessing the attitudes towards towards the bivalent COVID-19 boosters held by healthcare workers (HCWs) at a large, rural health system. It will also test, prospectively, the effect on interest in the bivalent COVID-19 booster of different framing approaches in a survey question sent to employees of a large, rural health system.

Conditions

Vaccination Refusal

Keywords

Communication; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vaccination; Economics, Behavioral

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Count of employees who indicate interest in the booster

  Number of employees who indicate that they plan to get the booster when it is available

  14 days

Study Arms (4)

Standard question

NO INTERVENTION

Question with no additional text or framing

Question with salient Omicron message

EXPERIMENTAL

Question indicates that the bivalent booster can protect the respondent from the Omicron variant

Behavioral: Salience of Omicron variant; Behavioral: Self-protection message

Question with patient protection message

EXPERIMENTAL

Question indicates that the bivalent booster can protect patients (only presented to patient-facing employees)

Behavioral: Other-protection message

Question with salient Omicron and patient protection message

EXPERIMENTAL

Question indicates that the bivalent booster can protect patients from the Omicron variant (only presented to patient-facing employees)

Behavioral: Salience of Omicron variant

Interventions

Salience of Omicron variant BEHAVIORAL

The message mentions the Omicron variant, which can be a fear appeal or make salient the reason for the new booster

Question with salient Omicron and patient protection message; Question with salient Omicron message

Self-protection message BEHAVIORAL

The message makes a reference to protecting one's self

Question with salient Omicron message

Other-protection message BEHAVIORAL

The message makes a reference to protecting others (patients)

Question with patient protection message

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Employee at the health system

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Geisinger Clinic: lead

Study Sites (1)

Geisinger Clinic

Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Vaccination Refusal; Communication; Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Refusal; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Michelle N Meyer, PhD

  Geisinger Clinic

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants will not know that there are different versions of surveys
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Faculty Co-Director, Behavioral Insights Team, Geisinger Clinic

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 1, 2022
• First Posted: September 6, 2022
• Study Start: September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: September 15, 2022
• Study Completion: September 15, 2022
• Last Updated: September 30, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: By the paper's online publication date. Data will remain available for as long as the Open Science Framework hosts it.
• Access Criteria: The data on the Open Science Framework will be open to anyone requesting that information.

Locations

US (1)