Influenza
Conditions
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALtext message
series of text messages regarding influenza vaccination
Sponsors
Columbia University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* \> 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
Exclusion criteria
\- Receipt of influenza vaccination during the 2014-2015 influenza season prior to randomization
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| influenza vaccination | up to 5 months | receipt of influenza vaccine |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| influenza vaccination | up to 2 months | receipt of influenza vaccine |
| captured opportunity | up to 5 months | receipt of influenza vaccination during a visit |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed