Impact of the Ottawa Influenza Decision Aid on healthcare personnel's influenza immunization decision: A randomized trial

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-202

  Chambers, L W ^a,b   Wilson, K ^b,c,d   Hawken, S ^c   Puxty, J ^e   Crowe, L ^a,c   Lam, P P ^a,f   Farmanova Haynes, E ^a,b   McNeil, S A ^g,h,i   McCarthy, A E ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Providence Continuing Care Centre   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g Canadian Center for Vaccinology Dalhousie University Halifax   (Canada)

^h IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ Capital Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Immunization; Infectious disease; Influenza; Vulnerable population; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867700522     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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