The ESPERES Prospective Cohort of Healthcare Workers in France: Study on the Impact of a Chatbot on COVID-19 Vaccine Perceptions and Intentions
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The change in the COVID-19 vaccine perceptions (5 questions) using a seven-point Likert scale, immediately after the access to the intervention
研究概览
简要总结
Vaccine hesitancy also concerns healthcare workers (HCWs). However, HCWs are at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and identified as a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, the identification of interventions likely to improve COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and intentions among HCWs is of interests to increase the vaccine coverage among HCWs. The study hypothesis is that the use of the same chatbot as the one tested in the general population in France could also improve the COVID-19 vaccine intentions and perceptions in HCWs.
详细描述
Most countries face the issue of vaccine hesitancy, with sizeable fractions, or sometimes the majority, of the public opposing some vaccines. The problem is particularly acute in the case of COVID-19 vaccination: first, a high uptake of COVID-19 vaccines is necessary to reach and sustain herd immunity; second, and to the best of our knowledge, no country is currently planning on making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, making public approval essential. Unfortunately, hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines is high in many countries. It is therefore crucial that health authorities make it as easy as possible for people who want to be vaccinated to do so, but also that they devise communication strategies to reassure vaccine hesitant individuals. A recent study performed in France (Altay S, et al. 2021) introduced a novel messaging strategy: the use of a chatbot that answers people's questions about COVID-19 vaccines. Results suggest that a properly scripted and regularly updated chatbot could offer a powerful resource to help fight hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines.
Vaccine hesitancy also concerns healthcare workers (HCWs). However, HCWs are at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and identified as a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, the identification of tools likely to improve COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and intentions among HCWs is of interests to increase the vaccine coverage among HCWs. The study hypothesis is that the use of the same chatbot as the one tested in the general population in France could also improve the COVID-19 vaccine intentions and perceptions in HCWs.
The primary objective will be to evaluate the short impact of the use of a chatbot on the evolution of the COVID-19 vaccine perceptions in HCWs.
The secondary objectives will be:
- To evaluate the impact at 15-days of the use of a chatbot on the evolution of the COVID-19 vaccine perceptions in HCWs.
- To evaluate the short and at 15-days impact of the use of a chatbot on the evolution of the COVID-19 vaccine intentions in HCWs globally and by vaccine.
- To describe the chatbot connection rate, the interaction time with the chatbot and feedback from the device
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 99 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Legal age
- •Healthcare workers defined as individuals who currently work in a setting where individuals receive healthcare (i.e. individuals do not have to work directly with patients, but may have any role within a setting where individuals receive healthcare, such as administrative office, housekeeping, food service, etc.)
- •Included in ESPERES cohort and with the initial questionnaire completed
- •Agreeing to participate (digital consent)
排除标准
- •No internet access
- •Vaccinated against COVID-19 (at least one dose)
结局指标
主要结局
The change in the COVID-19 vaccine perceptions (5 questions) using a seven-point Likert scale, immediately after the access to the intervention
时间窗: Change from baseline to immediately after intervention (experimental or control arm)
1. "I think vaccines against COVID-19 are safe" 2. "I think vaccines against COVID-19 are effective" 3. "I think we know enough about the COVID-19 vaccines" 4. "I think we can trust the people who produce the COVID-19 vaccines" 5. "I think it is important to get vaccinated against COVID-19". The COVID-19 vaccine perceptions variable is the mean of the response to these five questions, each answered on a 7-point likert scale.
次要结局
- Changes into the attitudes and intention towards the COVID-19 vaccines according to the vaccine immediately and 15-days after the access to the interventions(Up to 15 days)
- The change in the COVID-19 vaccine perceptions (5 questions) using a seven-point Likert scale, 15-days after the access to the intervention(From baseline to day 15)
- The change in the COVID-19 vaccine intention, immediately after the access to the intervention with the following question: "Do you personally intent to be vaccinated against COVID-19?"(From baseline to immediately after the intervention (experimental or control arm))
- The change in the COVID-19 vaccine intention, 15 days after the access to the intervention with the following question: "Do you personally intent to be vaccinated against COVID-19?" (yes, as soon as possible / yes but I prefer to wait / no)(From baseline to day 15 after the intervention (experimental or control arm))
- Participants in the Chatbot intervention will be ask, after the access to the intervention, to answer to a satisfaction questionnaire(End of baseline questionnaire)