Text-based Reminders to Promote COVID-19 Vaccinations
Covid19, Vaccines
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Covid19, Vaccines focused on measuring COVID19, Vaccines, Text-messages, Patient Outreach, Behavioral Science
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
All patients who satisfy the following criteria will be eligible to be included in our study:
- They have a mobile phone number or SMS capable phone number in UCLA Health's database
- They are eligible for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at UCLA Health
- They have not already scheduled an appointment the day before the scheduled time of the text message
- They are at or above 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria: Patients who already scheduled an appointment or obtained a COVID vaccine (at our collaborating health system or as documented in the California Immunization Registry (CAIR) https://cairweb.org) by the time our text message is sent will be excluded from the analysis.
Sites / Locations
- UCLA Health Department of Medicine, Quality Office
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Arm 5
Arm 6
Arm 7
No Intervention
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Holdout Arm
Self-benefit sub-arm
Prosocial-benefit sub-arm
Early-access and self-benefit sub-arm
Early-access and prosocial-benefit sub-arm
Fresh start and self-benefit sub-arm
Fresh start and prosocial-benefit sub-arm
In the Holdout arm: patients will not receive a second text message about COVID-vaccine.
In the Self-benefit sub-arm, participants will be reminded that the vaccine helps protect themselves from COVID.
In the Prosocial-benefit sub-arm, participants will be reminded that the vaccine helps protect their family, friends, and community from COVID.
In the Early access + self-benefit sub-arm, participants will be reminded that they have early access to COVID-19 vaccine and should take the opportunity to protect themselves from COVID.
In the Early access + prosocial-benefit sub-arm, participants will be reminded that they have early access to COVID-19 vaccine and should take the opportunity to protect their family, friends, community from COVID.
In the Fresh start + self-benefit sub-arm, participants will be reminded that the vaccine offers the promise of a fresh start and they should take the opportunity to protect themselves from COVID and chart a new path forward.
In the Early access + prosocial-benefit sub-arm, participants will be reminded that the vaccine offers the promise of a fresh start and they should take the opportunity to protect their family, friends, community from COVID and help our nation chart a new path forward.