Influenza Reminder Text-Messaging
- Conditions
- Influenza
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Text message reminder
- Registration Number
- NCT06587984
- Lead Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Brief Summary
Through a large, population-level quality improvement effort within the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network, we will evaluate text message reminders on flu vaccination rates for both patients with and without a scheduled well child care visit during flu season.
- Detailed Description
This is a randomized control trial with two patient cohorts: patients with and without a scheduled well child care visit during the upcoming 2024 flu season. Patients with a scheduled well child visit will be randomized into one of three groups (control, intervention message #1, or intervention message #2). Patients within the intervention groups will receive a one-time text message reminder to get their flu shot for their child at their child's upcoming well visit. Intervention groups will be texted at the same time, the same month as their child's well visit. The text message language will differ between groups. Patients without a scheduled upcoming well child visit during the 2024 flu season will also be randomized into one of three groups (control, intervention message #1, or intervention message #2). Intervention groups will be texted at the same time, at the start of flu season. The text message language will differ between groups.
Flu vaccine uptake will be measured within each patient cohort.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 228361
- All patients between ages 6 months-18 years old who have an upcoming well visit during the Fall of 2024 (September through December 2024) or had a completed well visit from January 2023 through August 2024
- Patients have a mobile phone number within their medical record
- Patients have opted-in to text communications from CHOP
- English-speaking
- Subjects who do not meet the above inclusion criteria will be excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Cohort 1b Text message reminder Patients within Cohort 1 have an upcoming well child visit between September-December 2024. Patients within Cohort 1b are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #1 and will receive text message reminder (variation #1) about getting their flu shot at their upcoming visit. Cohort 1c Text message reminder Patients within Cohort 1 have an upcoming well child visit between September-December 2024. Patients within Cohort 1c are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #2 and will receive text message reminder (variation #2) about getting their flu shot at their upcoming visit. Cohort 2b Text message reminder Patients within Cohort 2 do not have an upcoming well visit between September-December 2024, but completed their well visit between January 2023 through August 2024. Patients within Cohort 2b are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #1 and will receive text message reminder (variation #3) about getting their flu shot this upcoming flu season. Cohort 2c Text message reminder Patients within Cohort 2 do not have an upcoming well visit between September-December 2024, but completed their well visit between January 2023 through August 2024. Patients within Cohort 2b are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #2 and will receive text message reminder (variation #4) about getting their flu shot this upcoming flu season.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effectiveness of a text message reminder on influenza vaccine uptake Baseline to approximately 30 days post-text message Via prospective chart review, the primary outcome for both Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 will be to assess the number of patients who received an influenza vaccination 30 days post-text message reminder (baseline). Data from chart review will determine vaccination status (patient received influenza vaccination or not).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effectiveness of text message language within Cohort 1 Baseline to approximately 30 days post-text message Via prospective chart review, we will compare the number of patients within the Cohort 1 intervention groups who received influenza vaccination to understand which text message variation was more effective. Data from chart review will determine vaccination status (patient received influenza vaccination or not).
The effectiveness of text message language within Cohort 2 Baseline to approximately 30 days post-text message Via prospective chart review, we will compare the number of patients within the Cohort 2 intervention groups who received influenza vaccination to understand which text message variation was more effective. Data from chart review will determine vaccination status (patient received influenza vaccination or not).
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States