Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Professionals

The purpose of this study was to see if reminder letters and a large raffle prize would encourage health care workers to receive influenza vaccinations.

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Key information

Conditions

Influenza Infections Influenza, Human Orthomyxoviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Virus Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

About this study

Eight hundred employees of an urban tertiary care hospital, 200 each from the following four categories: professional staff, resident physicians, registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses comprised the study group. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive: 1) no intervention, 2) a reminder letter for flu vaccine, 3) a raffle ticket to win a free Caribbean vacation with flu vaccine administration, or 4) both the reminder letter and raffle ticket. We compared the proportion of employees receiving vaccination and participating in the raffle across groups.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Hospital employees, staff physicians, residents, rn's, lpn's

Exclusion criteria

non patient care hospital employees

Treatment and study plan

influenza vaccine, reminders letters, raffle prize

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

Proportion of employees receiving vaccination and participating in the raffle across groups.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Cleveland Clinic

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Novel Approach To Improve Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Professionals: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Study completion: 2005
First posted: Nov 29, 2006
Registry last updated: Nov 29, 2006

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