The Effect of Time-Slot Scheduling on Flu Vaccination Rates
- Conditions
- Seasonal Influenza
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Planning PromptBehavioral: ControlBehavioral: Default Appointment
- Registration Number
- NCT01206686
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brief Summary
The goal of this project is to see if encouraging an individual to privately choose in advance a narrow time window in which to obtain a flu vaccination shot affects the likelihood that he or she will become vaccinated.
- Detailed Description
Influenza causes 36,000 U.S. deaths per year, but influenza immunization rates average just 28%. Behavioral "nudges" may increase the effectiveness of immunization reminder mailers at little or no added cost. Past psychology research has demonstrated that prompting people to form an implementation plan of the form, "When situation x arises, I will implement response y," increases attainment of desired goals because the desired behavior is linked to a concrete future moment. We study whether adding a planning prompt to a vaccination reminder mailer increases immunization rates.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50000
- seasonal influenza vaccine indications according to the CDC
- employees of partner corporations executing study
- none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 2 Hour Planning Prompt Planning Prompt - Control Control - 1 Hour Planning Prompt Planning Prompt - 1 Day Planning Prompt Planning Prompt - Default Planning Prompt Default Appointment -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Receipt of seasonal influenza vaccination up to 30 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Pennsylvania
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States