ArticleJournal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)2020
Promotion of the influenza vaccination to hospital staff during pre-employment health check: a prospective, randomised, controlled trial.
Article in Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02758145 (Promotion of Influenza Vaccination in Healthcare Workers During the Recruitment Visit), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Promotion of Influenza Vaccination in Healthcare Workers During the Recruitment Visit
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of strategies to promote vaccination uptake.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Catch-Up Vaccination Interventions Versus Standard or Usual Care Procedures in Increasing Adherence to Recommended Vaccinations Among Different Age Groups: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Before-After Studies.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions to increase healthcare workers' adherence to vaccination against vaccine-preventable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 1993 to 2022.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to Improve Vaccination Uptake Among Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Vaccines · 2025Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundVaccination is the most effective prevention of seasonal influenza. Despite its recommendation and active promotion, vaccination coverage remains low among healthcare staff. The goal of the study was to test if a pre-employment health check is a good opportunity to promote future vaccination against influenza among healthcare workers newly hired by a university hospital.
methodsAll new hospital employees active at the bedside who underwent a pre-employment health check between the end of 2016's influenza epidemic and the start of the next influenza vaccination campaign were randomly allocated to a control group or an intervention group. The intervention consisted of a semi-structured dialog and the release of an information leaflet about influenza and influenza vaccination during the check-up, and the shipment of a postcard reminder 2 weeks before the next vaccination campaign. Vaccination rates during the campaign were compared among the two groups.
resultsThree hundred fifty-seven employees were included. Vaccination rates were similar in both groups: 79/172 (46%) in the control and 92/185 (50%) in the intervention group. A significantly higher rate of vaccination was noted among physicians (70/117, 60%) than among other employees (101/240, 42%, p = 0.001). In a pre-defined exploratory analysis among physicians, the vaccination rate was higher in the intervention group (36/51, 71%) than in the control group (34/65, 52%, p = 0.046).
conclusionsPromotion of the influenza vaccine during pre-employment health check did not improve the vaccination rate of newly hired hospital healthcare workers overall during the next influenza vaccination campaign. Results suggest a favourable impact on the vaccination rate of physicians. Thus, there may be an interest in using communication strategies tailored to the different categories of healthcare workers to promote the influenza vaccine during pre-employment health check.
trial registrationClinicalTrials, NCT02758145 . Registered 26 April 2016.
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