Pilot Study of Text Message Reminders for Flu Vaccine For Adults
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Influenza
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
- Enrollment
- 1000
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Receipt of an influenza vaccine dose
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Influenza is an important and potentially preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, yet only 46% of U.S. adults were vaccinated by the end of the 2011-12 influenza season despite influenza vaccination being widely recommended, effective, and safe. Influenza vaccination rates are even lower in racial/ethnic minority groups. In order to address the problem of low influenza vaccination rates in minority adults, we plan to build on the well-accepted practice of immunization recall-reminders and the emerging practice of using text message to pilot the feasibility of using text messaging to improve influenza vaccination coverage rates in a low health literacy, largely minority, publicly insured adult population.
Investigators
Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Population and Family Health
Columbia University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •\> or = 18 years of age,
- •at least one visit to the AIM clinic during the previous year
- •a cell phone number in the registration system
- •fluent in English or Spanish. Exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria
- •Receipt of influenza vaccination during the 2012-2013 influenza season prior to randomization.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Receipt of an influenza vaccine dose
Time Frame: March 31, 2013
Proportion of individuals in each group receiving an influenza dose by the end of the influenza season