June 3, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccination Advice via SMS-Based Video to Improve Vaccination Uncertainty in at-Risk Groups

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): vaccine hesitancy, vaccines

• An SMS/text messaging-based intervention to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy using a short web-based education video delivered to a cohort of immunosuppressed patients in the UK (n=8,886, 27% response rate) was associated with an increase in the proportion of patients who reported being aware that vaccines were safe and recommended from 36% to 88% among those aged 30-49 years and from 47% to 94% among those aged 50-69 years. The authors note that a key limitation of this intervention is the absence of a comparator group.

Bateman et al. (June 2021). COVID-19 Vaccination Advice via SMS-Based Video to Improve Vaccination Uncertainty in at-Risk Groups. The Lancet Rheumatology. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00148-X