Impact of video-led educational intervention on uptake of influenza vaccine among the elderly in western China: a community-based randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza vaccination coverage rate among the elderly is low in China. We aimed to evaluate the impact of video-led educational intervention on influenza vaccine uptake among the Chinese elderly.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 8 communities of Xi'an, a representative city in western China. Elderly aged over 60 years were randomized to the control group and intervention group (12-minute video education on influenza and its vaccination). Participants' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of influenza was assessed by using a questionnaire survey before and after the intervention. The primary outcomes were participants' willingness to get influenza vaccinated and their actual uptake rates in the 2020-21 flu season. Secondary outcomes were

SUBMITTER: Jiang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9169441 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature