Enhancing Protection Against Influenza and COVID-19 for Pregnant Women and Medically at Risk Children : Enhancing Protection Against Influenza and COVID-19 for Pregnant Women and Medically at Risk Children (EPIC Study)

Pregnant women and children with chronic medical conditions are at an unacceptable risk of hospitalisation and death from influenza and COVID-19 infections. Pregnant women are 3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and over 7 times more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with influenza compared to non-pregnant women. Children with chronic disease are already compromised with a higher risk of hospitalisation from influenza and requirement for ICU management and long term disability following COVID-19. Uptake of the recommended influenza vaccine among pregnant women and medically at risk children in Australia is only ~50%. Based on recent surveys, the predicted uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among both groups is also likely to be ~50%. These two groups preferentially receive care from medical specialists (obstetricians and paediatricians) and specialist nursing staff in hospitals, and are less likely to engage with primary care, the usual providers of immunisation.The aim of this project is to develop a nudge (i.e. small changes in the environment that alter people's behaviour) and evaluate the effectiveness of the nudge intervention in improving the uptake of COVID and influenza vaccine by conducting four randomised control trials inpregnant womenmedically at risk children..

Medienart:

Klinische Studie

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

ClinicalTrials.gov - (2024) vom: 17. Jan. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

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Themen:

610
COVID-19
Influenza, Human
Recruitment Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Anmerkungen:

Source: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record., First posted: November 14, 2022, Last downloaded: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on January 24, 2024, Last updated: January 24, 2024

Study ID:

NCT05613751
WCHN HREC/2022/HREC00082

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

CTG008776970