Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Professionals
Information source: The Cleveland Clinic
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on December 31, 2007
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Condition(s) targeted: Influenza
Intervention: influenza vaccine, reminders letters, raffle prize (Behavioral)
Phase: N/A
Status: Completed
Sponsored by: The Cleveland Clinic Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Michael L Macknin, M.D., Study Director, Affiliation: Cleveland Clinic
Summary
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.
Clinical Details
Official title: A Novel Approach To Improve Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Professionals: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Study design: Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Primary outcome: Proportion of employees receiving vaccination and participating in the raffle across groups.
Detailed description:
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.
Eligibility
Minimum age: N/A.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
Hospital employees, staff physicians, residents, rn's, lpn's
Exclusion Criteria:
non patient care hospital employees
Locations and Contacts
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
Additional Information
Starting date: September 2004
Ending date: April 2005
Last updated: November 28, 2006
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