dc.contributor.author | Tuv, Marit | |
dc.contributor.author | Elgersma, Ingeborg Hess | |
dc.contributor.author | Furuseth, Ellen | |
dc.contributor.author | Holst, Christine | |
dc.contributor.author | Helleve, Arnfinn | |
dc.contributor.author | Fretheim, Atle | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-30T07:49:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-30T07:49:16Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-09-19T15:02:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of General Practice Open. 2023, 7 (2), . | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2398-3795 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3114412 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: English media have reported that many unvaccinated individuals took the COVID-19
vaccine after receiving a phone call from their GP.
Aim: To determine whether phone calls from GPs to unvaccinated patients at increased risk of severe
COVID-19 improves uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Design & setting: Randomised trial where 202 participants were allocated to receive a phone call
from their GP, and 452 participants were allocated to not get the call. Twenty-five GPs at 11 medical
centres in Norway took part. The post-trial focus group discussion was with five GPs.
Method: Participants were sourced from the GP electronic medical record system, which communicates
with the Norwegian Immunisation Registry and can generate a list of the GPs’ unvaccinated patients
at increased risk of severe COVID-19.
Results: The GPs managed to speak over the phone with 154 (76%) patients allocated to receiving a
phone call. At follow-up (average 7.5 weeks), 8.9% in the intervention group and 5.3% in the control
group had been vaccinated (odds ratio [OR] 1.72; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.90 to 3.28). Findings
from the focus group discussion suggested the timing of the intervention as a likely key reason for its
limited success.
Conclusion: An increase in the proportion of patients who took the COVID-19 vaccine in the
intervention group was observed, but the difference was smaller than anticipated, and may be a
chance finding. The effect of this type of intervention will likely vary across contexts and may have
proved more effective if a larger proportion of the population were unvaccinated. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | GP phone calls to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake among patients at increased risk of severe COVID-19: a randomised trial | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0175 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2176599 | |
dc.source.journal | British Journal of General Practice Open | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 7 | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 2 | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 8 | en_US |