NCT01772901

Brief Influenza Vaccine Education to Pregnant Women

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Educational Intervention to Increase Uptake of Influenza Vaccine Among Pregnant Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 321 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators will conduct a brief educational intervention to pregnant women who have not yet received the influenza vaccine in this pregnancy to improve the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine.

Conditions

• Influenza
• Infectious Disease
• Pregnancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Influenza Vaccine Intervention	The intervention will include a brief 5 to 10-minute educational talk by research nurse explaining the facts of influenza and influenza vaccine and answering participant questions. The educational intervention will focus on: (1) Hong Kong government's recommendation regarding influenza vaccine during pregnancy, (2) potential complications associated with influenza during pregnancy and for young infants, (3) safety of influenza vaccine for mother and foetus, and (4) potential benefits of influenza vaccine for mother and infant, and (5) where and how to get the influenza vaccine in Hong Kong.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2013-01-21
• Last updated: 2015-10-09

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Hong Kong