Non-integrated Costs Increase Effectiveness of Incentives

NCT ID: NCT03507231

Last Updated: 2018-04-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

12531 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-09-20

Study Completion Date

2018-01-20

Brief Summary

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The investigators will test the hypothesis that the control (no incentive) condition will have the lowest vaccination rate, the main task condition will have a significantly higher vaccination rate while the indirect condition will have the highest vaccination rate.

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the three message conditions and their vaccination records obtained from the university Occupational Health Department.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will send e-mails to a complete mailing list of faculty and staff at a university. Each recipient will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: control, main task incentive or indirect incentive. Our main dependent variable will be whether or not participants decide to get vaccinated. The investigators will obtain their actual vaccination records from the university Occupational Health Department.

Within the e-mail message, participants will indicate whether or not they intend to get vaccinated. Intention serves as an indirect dependent outcome. Upon clicking to indicate their intention, participants are redirected to a page which gives further instructions on how to proceed.

Participants who vaccinate will be asked to complete a brief follow-up questionnaire to evaluate their experience with vaccination and (for those offered and incentive) to provide contact information to receive their payment.

Conditions

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Control - No Incentive for Flu Vaccine Direct Incentive Indirect Incentive

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Control

Participants will receive an E-mail Message encouraging them to get vaccinated, and asking them to indicate if they intend to do so and to complete a brief questionnaire after vaccination.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Email Message

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will randomly receive an e-mail message about the availability of free flu vaccines.

Direct Incentive

Participants will receive an E-mail Message encouraging them to get vaccinated, and asking them to indicate if they intend to do so and to complete a brief questionnaire after vaccination. They are offered an Incentive for Vaccination ($5 Amazon Gift Card).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Email Message

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will randomly receive an e-mail message about the availability of free flu vaccines.

Incentive for Vaccination

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

$5 gift card offered for vaccination

Indirect Incentive

Participants will receive an E-mail Message encouraging them to get vaccinated, and asking them to indicate if they intend to do so and to complete a brief questionnaire after vaccination. They are offered an Incentive for completing a short survey ($5 Amazon Gift Card).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Email Message

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will randomly receive an e-mail message about the availability of free flu vaccines.

Incentive for completing a short survey

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

$5 gift card offered for completing s short survey after one gets vaccinated

Interventions

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Email Message

Participants will randomly receive an e-mail message about the availability of free flu vaccines.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Incentive for Vaccination

$5 gift card offered for vaccination

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Incentive for completing a short survey

$5 gift card offered for completing s short survey after one gets vaccinated

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must be faculty or staff at Rutgers University.

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Rutgers University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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George Loewenstein, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Carnegie Mellon University

Locations

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Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Halpern SD, French B, Small DS, Saulsgiver K, Harhay MO, Audrain-McGovern J, Loewenstein G, Brennan TA, Asch DA, Volpp KG. Randomized trial of four financial-incentive programs for smoking cessation. N Engl J Med. 2015 May 28;372(22):2108-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1414293. Epub 2015 May 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25970009 (View on PubMed)

Chapman GB, Li M, Colby H, Yoon H. Opting in vs opting out of influenza vaccination. JAMA. 2010 Jul 7;304(1):43-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.892. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20606147 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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P30AG0345462017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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