Text messaging reminders for influenza vaccine in primary care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England; Subtopic: Not Assigned; Disease: All Diseases; Respiratory

• Registration Number: ISRCTN48840025
• Lead Sponsor: ondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)

Brief Summary

2014 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24793252 2016 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26895984

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-07-22
• Study Completion: 2014-05-31
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Practices must use text messaging software to communicate with patients
2. Practices must not have used a text message to remind patients aged under 65 about influenza vaccine in the 2012/13 influenza season
3. Practices will send the text message to eligible patients who are aged between 18 and 65, with one of the following risk conditions: chronic respiratory disease, chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic heart disease, chronic neurological disease, immunosuppression

Exclusion Criteria

Practices will not send the text message to pregnant women.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Current primary outcome measures as of 04/11/2015:<br> Proportion of patients who received flu vaccine; Timepoint(s): Up to 4 months<br><br> Previous primary outcome measures:<br> Recruitment rate; Timepoints: 3 months after initial contact<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Current secondary outcome measures as of 04/11/2015:<br> 1. Recruitment rate; Timepoints: 3 months after initial contact<br> 2. Practice delivery of text message; Timepoint(s): One month after study start<br> 3. Proportion of practices reporting yes to difficulties; Timepoint(s): Up to 3 months<br> 4. Were outcome data available?; Timepoint(s): Up to 9 months<br><br> Previous secondary outcome measures:<br> 1. Practice delivery of text message; Timepoint(s): One month after study start<br> 2. Proportion of patients who received flu vaccine; Timepoint(s): Up to 9 months<br> 3. Proportion of practices reporting yes to difficulties; Timepoint(s): Up to 3 months<br> 4. Were outcome data available?; Timepoint(s): Up to 9 months<br>