The STOP-HPV Trial 2: Performance Feedback Intervention

University of California, Los Angeles48 enrolled

Overview

Most adolescents who receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are vaccinated in pediatric practices, yet missed opportunities (MOs) for HPV vaccination occur often and lead to low HPV vaccination rates. This cluster randomized clinical trial (RCT) will test the effectiveness (and cost-effectiveness) of the addition of performance feedback (period 2) to training providers previously received on HPV vaccine communication (period 1) to reduce MOs and increase HPV vaccination rates.

HPV vaccine rates remain lower than rates for other adolescent vaccines. Missed opportunities (MOs) are healthcare visits during which a patient is eligible, but does not receive a vaccine. MOs for vaccination contribute strongly to low HPV vaccination rates. This trial focuses on period 2, the addition of performance feedback in the presence of communication skills training. Arm-1 intervention study practices add performance feedback (period 2), building upon their prior training in communication skills (period 1); Arm-2 comparison study practices continue delivering standard of care. During this period, the investigators will be measuring captured opportunities - the inverse of MOs, or visits when an eligible patient receives a vaccine. Providers rarely receive feedback to track their captured opportunities, but feedback has been shown to be an effective tool. Performance feedback reports will pull from electronic health record (EHR) data, and will compare participants performance to their own previous performance and those of others. Throughout the intervention participants will also receive weekly text message mini-lessons that will remind participants of the project.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Immunization Vaccination

Interventions

STOP-HPV performance feedback interventionBEHAVIORAL

This intervention will be the addition of performance feedback (in the presence of communication skills).

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 11 YearsMax age: 17 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Practice Inclusion Criteria: * The practice provides HPV vaccination services to adolescents. * The practice is part of Physician's Computer Company (PCC), Office Practicum (OP) or (a) yet-to-be selected health system(s). * The practice has had the same EHR system in place for a year or more (with special consideration on a case by case basis if they are close to but not do not reach a year). * The practice agrees to not participate in other HPV-related QI projects or research interventions during the study period (with special consideration on a case by case basis). Practice Exclusion Criteria: * The practice plans to change EHR systems in the next three years. * The practice participated in the last year, is currently engaged in, or plans to participate in an office-based HPV-related quality improvement (QI) project or research intervention during the study period (with special consideration on a case by case basis). * Estimated 20% or more of adolescents at the practice receive HPV vaccinations at schools or health department clinics (given standard practice and published data, the investigators expect that few to no practices will need to be excluded based on this restriction). Patient inclusion criteria: -All patients of participating practices (intervention and comparison) aged 11-17 years who have at least 1 visit to the practice within the past two years. Patient exclusion criteria: -None apart from age of patients (above).

Locations (1)

American Academy of Pediatrics

Itasca, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in the rate of missed vaccination opportunities among all clinicians

Change in the rate of missed vaccination opportunities from baseline (period 0) through the end of period 2 among all clinicians, with a focus on the contrast between the end of period 1 and period 2.

Time frame: Monthly for Period 2 and also aggregated over the 6-month period from start date, where start date is site specific and depends on study decision on completion of training and readiness of site to proceed.

Change in the rate of missed vaccination opportunities among consenting clinicians

Change in the rate of missed vaccination opportunities from baseline (period 0) through the end of period 2 among consenting clinicians, with a focus on the contrast between periods 1 and 2.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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