<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tuv, Marit</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elgersma, Ingeborg Hess</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Furuseth, Ellen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holst, Christine</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Helleve, Arnfinn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fretheim, Atle</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">General practitioner phone calls to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake among patients at increased risk of severe COVID-19: A randomised trial</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BJGP Open</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023-02-06 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><elocation-id><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BJGPO.2022.0175</style></elocation-id><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0175</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Background English media have reported that many unvaccinated individuals took the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving a phone call from their general practitioner (GP).Aim To determine whether a phone call from GPs to unvaccinated patients at increased risk of severe COVID-19 improves uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.Design &amp; setting Randomised trial where 202 participants were allocated to receive a phone call from their GP, and 452 participants were allocated to not get the call. 25 GPs at 11 medical centres in Norway took part. Post-trial focus group discussion with 5 GPs.Method Participants were sourced from the GPs electronic medical record system, which communicates with the Norwegian Immunisation Registry and can generate a list of the GPs’ unvaccinated patients at increased risk of severe COVID-19.Results The GPs managed to get in touch with 154 (76%) patients allocated to receiving a phone call. At follow-up (average 7.5 weeks), 8.9% in the intervention group and 5.3% in the control group had been vaccinated (OR 1.72; 95% CI 0.90–3.28). Findings from the focus group discussion suggested the timing of the intervention as a likely key reason for its limited success.Conclusion We observed an increase in the proportion of patients who took the COVID-19 vaccine in the intervention group, but the difference was smaller than anticipated, and may be a chance finding. The effect of this type of intervention will likely vary across contexts and may have proved more effective if a larger proportion of the population were unvaccinated.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT05207137</style></abstract></record></records></xml>