COVID-19 Booster Readiness Survey

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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The Food and Drug Administration has authorized two bivalent COVID-19 boosters with the expectation that the Centers for Disease Control will soon recommend them. The researchers plan to survey the HCWs at a large, rural health system on their attitudes on the bivalent booster. This survey will gather data on HCWs' interest in a bivalent booster, reasons for hesitancy, risk perception about COVID-19 infection and its complications, and prior COVID-19 infection and vaccination. Respondents will also be randomly assigned to see different versions of the question asking if they are interested in a bivalent booster with different framing approaches, such as protection of the self or protection of patients (for patient-facing employees). Information on prior vaccination and perceptions of risk will also be gathered and used as covariates in the analysis.

Official Title
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COVID-19 Booster Readiness Survey

Conditions
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Vaccination Refusal

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Salience of Omicron variant
* Behavioral: Self-protection message
* Behavioral: Other-protection message


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Employee at the health system

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Standard question<br>Question with no additional text or framing | |
| Experimental: Question with salient Omicron message<br>Question indicates that the bivalent booster can protect the respondent from the Omicron variant | Behavioral: Salience of Omicron variant<br>* The message mentions the Omicron variant, which can be a fear appeal or make salient the reason for the new booster<br>Behavioral: Self-protection message<br>* The message makes a reference to protecting one's self<br>|
| Experimental: Question with patient protection message<br>Question indicates that the bivalent booster can protect patients (only presented to patient-facing employees) | Behavioral: Other-protection message<br>* The message makes a reference to protecting others (patients)<br>|
| Experimental: Question with salient Omicron and patient protection message<br>Question indicates that the bivalent booster can protect patients from the Omicron variant (only presented to patient-facing employees) | Behavioral: Salience of Omicron variant<br>* The message mentions the Omicron variant, which can be a fear appeal or make salient the reason for the new booster<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Communication, Surveys and Questionnaires, Vaccination, Economics, Behavioral