NCT05508698

Flu Shot Pre-visit Questionnaire

Pre-visit Questionnaire to Increase Influenza Vaccinations

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 230,962 (actual)
• Sponsor: Geisinger Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess, prospectively, the effect on flu vaccination rates of a pre-visit questionnaire that asks patients to indicate their preferences for a flu shot. Responses to the questionnaire will also be shown to clinicians via additional text in an existing flu shot alert. The investigators hypothesize that the pre-visit questionnaire will lead to increased flu vaccination compared with standard practices.

Detailed description

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends a flu vaccination to everyone aged 6+ months, with rare exception; almost anyone can benefit from the vaccine, which can reduce illnesses, missed work, hospitalizations, and death. One barrier to vaccination is a lack of "cues to action," which could be overcome by asking patients for a pre-visit commitment to get a flu shot and additional reminders for the clinician to act on this commitment. Eligible patients will be randomized to either receive or not receive a one-item, pre-visit questionnaire about the flu shot (that will show responses to clinicians in an existing flu shot alert).

Conditions

• Influenza

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Precommitment Nudge	Ask participants to commit to a decision about getting a flu shot
BEHAVIORAL	Salience	Additional text and icon in the flu shot alert makes the pre-visit questionnaire response salient to the clinician, which could facilitate action or further discussion with the patient

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-18
• Primary completion: 2023-04-08
• Completion: 2023-04-08
• First posted: 2022-08-19
• Last updated: 2023-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States