Influenza Vaccine Randomized Educational Trial: Adult

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Influenza vaccine is recommended as routine care for all individuals who are at least 6 months of age and older. Recently, questions about vaccine safety and concerns for side effects have increased, contributing to both influenza vaccine hesitancy and refusal. In an effort to educate patients, public health entities and physicians give informational handouts in various forms. However, recent publications have found that pro-vaccine messages can have paradoxical effects on vaccine intentions, therefore further studies on vaccine related public health communication is needed. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of pro-vaccine messages of local data, pro-vaccine messages of national data, and no educational message on patient's receipt of the influenza vaccine. These results will help to understand the relationship between patient education and the intent to vaccinate and receipt of the influenza vaccine as well as to optimize educational information given to patients regarding the influenza vaccine.

Conditions
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Vaccination, Influenza

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Local educational information
* Behavioral: National educational information


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: visit to study site at time of intervention Exclusion Criteria: prior receipt of influenza vaccine that season

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Local educational<br>Adult patients in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on local data | Behavioral: Local educational information<br>* Adult patients in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on local data<br>|
| Experimental: National educational<br>Adult patients in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on national data | Behavioral: National educational information<br>* Adult patients in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on national data<br>|
| No Intervention: Usual care<br>No educational information other than provided as usual care by health care providers | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of participants who receive influenza vaccination on day of intervention | Receipt of influenza vaccination on the day of the educational intervention | Day 0 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of participants who receive Influenza vaccination by the end of the influenza vaccine season | Receipt of influenza vaccination by April 2017 | Up to 7 months |