Effect of provider recommendation style on the length of adolescent vaccine discussions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether providers' vaccine recommendation style affects length of the adolescent vaccine discussions.

Methods

We analyzed vaccine discussions using audio-recordings of clinical encounters where adolescents were eligible for HPV vaccines ± meningococcal vaccines. We measured length of vaccine discussions, the provider's use of an "indicated" (vaccination due at visit) or "elective" (vaccination is optional) recommendation style, and vaccine receipt. Parent and child demographics, parental vaccination intentions, and parental satisfaction with vaccine discussion were collected from pre- and post-visit surveys. We used linear and logit regressions with random effects to estimate recommendation style's association with discussion length and with vaccine re

SUBMITTER: Fenton ATHR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8970605 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature