CARD for Community Pharmacy Vaccinations

University of Toronto

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Community Pharmacy; Vaccination Pain; Vaccination Reaction

Treatments: Behavioral: CARD (Comfort Ask Relax Distract)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06098703

43097

Details and patient eligibility

About

To integrate CARD in community pharmacy-led vaccinations and document impact on vaccine clients and pharmacy staff.

Full description

It is estimated that 1 out of 5 children and adults are not vaccinated because of concerns about pain and fear. The CARD (Comfort Ask Relax Distract) system is a new vaccine delivery system proven to reduce pain, fear and immunization stress-related responses. Improving the vaccination experiences of patients can improve attitudes about vaccination and increase vaccine acceptance.

The objective of this cluster randomized trial is to evaluate scaling of CARD across community pharmacies on patients vaccination symptoms, beliefs and attitudes and pharmacy staff beliefs and attitudes.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• vaccine clients being vaccinated in community pharmacies participating in the project
• pharmacy staff in community pharmacies participating in the project

Exclusion criteria

• unable to understand and read English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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2,000 participants in 2 patient groups

CARD (multi-faceted intervention)

Experimental group

Description:

CARD will be integrated in the pharmacy vaccination process. This includes education, environment (e.g., clinic spaces), engagement (interactions), and evaluation (surveys/feedback).

Treatment:

Behavioral: CARD (Comfort Ask Relax Distract)

Control (standard care)

No Intervention group

Description:

There are no specific procedures being undertaken to plan or execute vaccine clinics. Usual practices will be instituted by participating pharmacies.