The Effect of Fact Versus Myth Messages on Receipt of Influenza Vaccination

Northwestern University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Influenza Vaccination

Treatments: Behavioral: Fact, Myth, Why Educational Message; Behavioral: Fact and Myth Educational Message; Behavioral: Fact Only Education Message; Behavioral: Control Educational Message

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01009645

Fact versus Myth Messages

1R21AG031470-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether message design of educational materials increases vaccination rates among participants.

Enrollment: 125 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant must have a scheduled appointment at least 6 weeks in advance in either the GIM or Geriatrics clinics at NMFF.
• Participant must be a patient of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.
• Participant does not intend to receive the influenza vaccine.

Exclusion criteria

• Participant has a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia
• Participant has received an influenza vaccination during either the last influenza season or the current.
• The scheduled visit is the participant's first time being seen by this doctor (appointment is to establish care in the clinic).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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125 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Fact Only

Experimental group

Description:

The educational message used will contain facts only.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fact Only Education Message

Fact and Myth

Experimental group

Description:

The educational material seen by this arm will contain facts and myths only.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fact and Myth Educational Message

Fact, Myth, Why

Experimental group

Description:

The educational material seen by this arm will contain myths, facts, and refutations of the myths.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fact, Myth, Why Educational Message

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

This arm will receive fact/myth educational materials originally developed and used by the CDC.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control Educational Message