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

NCT04706403.

Study name If we build it, will they come? A pilot study to develop and test messages to maximize uptake of coronavirus vaccine when available
Starting date 12 January 2021
Contact information NR
Methods 
  • Study design: randomised controlled trial

  • Type of publication: trial registration

  • Setting: online

  • Country: USA

  • Language: English

Intervention Participants who express hesitation about getting vaccinated for COVID‐19 will be randomised to receive one of five different versions of messages from a healthcare provider (experimental groups) or a control message (control group). The messages that participants in each experimental group receive will vary slightly and systematically. Specific content and wording of these messages will be developed to address and mitigate concerns of those at risk for not being vaccinated.
Population  Inclusion criteria: adult (age 18 and over) who are members of an online panel (Prolific); able to complete an on‐line survey in English.
Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Intent to be vaccinated against COVID‐19. [Time frame: through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes


Secondary outcome
  • Predictors of intent to be vaccinated against COVID‐19. [Time frame: through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes]

Estimated completion date and number of participants 1 February 2021 with 1706 participants
Notes Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
COI: NR