Randomized Quality Improvement Trial of Opting-In Versus Opting-Out to Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates during Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: Introduction  Despite strong recommendations, only 40.6% of pregnant women attending two prenatal clinics were vaccinated against influenza during the 2009 pandemic. We tested whether an opting-out approach would improve vaccine uptake. Methods  We conducted a randomized quality improvement (QI) trial to compare opting-out with conventional opting-in consent for influenza immunization. Women age ≥ 18 years attending the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) or UT-Medical Branch (UTMB) prenatal clinics during the 2010-2011 influenza season, were eligible. Results  We enrolled 280 women (140 UTHealth, 140 UTMB). Both groups had similar mean age (26.0 ± 5.5 years), mean gestational age (19.4 ± 9.5 weeks), and percent with underlying health condit

SUBMITTER: Wootton SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6113052 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature