Status:
COMPLETED
Text Messaging Reminders for Influenza Vaccine in Primary Care
Lead Sponsor:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
Wellcome Trust
National Health Service, United Kingdom
Conditions:
Influenza
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-64 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Influenza morbidity and mortality cause a substantial financial burden to the NHS and to the UK as a whole. Influenza vaccine is safe and effective but is required annually because the circulating str...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- practices must use text messaging software to communicate with patients;
- practices must not have used a text message to remind patients aged under 65 about influenza vaccine in the 2012/13 influenza season.
- practices will send the text message to eligible patients who are aged between 18 and 65, with one of the following risk conditions: chronic respiratory disease, chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic heart disease, chronic neurological disease, immunosuppression
Exclusion
- practices will not send the text message to pregnant women.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
156 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01892631
Start Date
September 1 2013
End Date
December 1 2015
Last Update
October 24 2016
Active Locations (1)
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London, Select County, United Kingdom, WC1E 7HT