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. 2022 Aug 3;2022(8):CD015270. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015270

ISRCTN15317247.

Study name Using text messages to boost COVID‐19 vaccine booking rate
Starting date 3 June 2021
Contact information Hannah Behrendt, hannah.behrendt@bi.team
Methods 
  • Study design: randomised controlled trial

  • Type of publication: trial registration

  • Setting: via phone messages

  • Country: UK

  • Language: English

Intervention Behaviourally‐informed SMS vaccination information
  • Control SMS invitation

  • behaviourally‐informed SMS vaccination invitation

    • Top of queue

    • Convenience

    • Reserved

    • Top of queue + convenience

    • Reserved + convenience

    • Front of queue

Population 
  • Population: general population

  • Inclusion criteria: 18 to 29 years, registered in the NHSEI system with a mobile phone number

Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Booking of COVID‐19 vaccination appointments within 72 hours following the invitation


Secondary outcomes
  • Receiving the first‐dose within 14 day following the SMS invitation

  • Booking of COVID‐19 vaccination appointment within 14 days following the SMS invitation

Estimated completion date and number of participants 4270,000 planned, completed 1 July 2021
Notes
  • COI: NR

  • Funding: National Health Service