Factors Influencing Flu Vaccination in Primary Health Care (FIVA)

Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Dão Lafões

Status: Completed

Conditions: Flu, Human

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief educational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04097197

FIVA_2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to study the barriers to flu vaccination among at-risk people at the Primary Health Care level in order to increase the vaccination rates as recommended by the World Health Organization.

Full description

People from vulnerable groups (e.g., those diagnosed with Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma) are at increased risk of developing complications from infection with influenza virus, that could ultimately result in death.

Flu vaccination is recommended by many authorities, including the World Health Organization, as a means to decrease the risk of developing such life-threatening conditions. However, vaccination rates are well below the recommended threshold.

Enrollment: 197 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People 65+ otherwise healthy;
• Patients of any age diagnosed with at least one of the following conditions: Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Coronary Disease or Hearth failure;
• No history of flu vaccination in the previous year.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have been vaccinated against the flu but who have no record of it in the clinical records;
• Patients with contraindications to flu vaccination;
• Patients that cannot be reached either by phone or letter.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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197 participants in 1 patient group

Patients receiving information

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the experimental arm will receive a brief educational intervention if they initially refuse flu vaccination. The intervention was designed towards the most common barriers to flu vaccination that were found after a brief review of the literature. After the intervention, patients will be asked again whether or not they wish to receive the flu vaccine.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief educational intervention