Trial Outcomes & Findings for Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in an Ambulatory Pre-surgical Testing Setting (NCT NCT01787838)

Results Overview

Pneumococcal vaccination rates, tracked biweekly, following 1) staff education, audit and feedback of rates and 2) patient education

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

2509 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

12 Months

Results posted on

2017-07-19

All patients seen in the presurgical testing center who were eligible were offered the pneumococcal vaccine.

Participant milestones
Measure	Health Education, Audit and Feedback Prospective single group intervention with retrospective control group with no intervention. Focused Health Education: A two-phase quality improvement study was designed to modify staff and patient behaviors. The project incorporated evidence-based strategies of staff education, feedback and incentives for performance and patient education. The staff received monthly feedback on departmental immunization rates, and incentives for performance. A one-page patient education flyer, written at 3rd grade reading level, was added to encourage patients to inquire about it.
Overall Study STARTED	2509
Overall Study COMPLETED	1096
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	1413

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure	Health Education, Audit and Feedback Prospective single group intervention with retrospective control group with no intervention. Focused Health Education: A two-phase quality improvement study was designed to modify staff and patient behaviors. The project incorporated evidence-based strategies of staff education, feedback and incentives for performance and patient education. The staff received monthly feedback on departmental immunization rates, and incentives for performance. A one-page patient education flyer, written at 3rd grade reading level, was added to encourage patients to inquire about it.
Overall Study refused	1413

Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in an Ambulatory Pre-surgical Testing Setting

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Health Education, Audit and Feedback n=2509 Participants Prospective single group intervention with retrospective control group with no intervention. Focused Health Education: A two-phase quality improvement study was designed to modify staff and patient behaviors. The project incorporated evidence-based strategies of staff education, feedback and incentives for performance and patient education. The staff received monthly feedback on departmental immunization rates, and incentives for performance. A one-page patient education flyer, written at 3rd grade reading level, was added to encourage patients to inquire about it.
Age, Continuous	57 years n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical <=18 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years	1757 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical >=65 years	752 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	1531 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	978 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment United States	2509 participants n=5 Participants

Timeframe: 12 Months

Pneumococcal vaccination rates, tracked biweekly, following 1) staff education, audit and feedback of rates and 2) patient education

Outcome measures
Measure	Health Education, Audit and Feedback n=2509 Participants Prospective single group intervention Focused Health Education: A two-phase quality improvement study was designed to modify staff and patient behaviors. The project incorporated evidence-based strategies of staff education, feedback and incentives for performance and patient education. The staff received monthly feedback on departmental immunization rates, and incentives for performance. A one-page patient education flyer, written at 3rd grade reading level, was added to encourage patients to inquire about immunizations.
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Following Focused Health Education of Staff and Patients	1096 participants Interval 1.65 to 1.96

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Adverse event data not reported

Adverse event data not reported

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