Helping healthcare workers decide : evaluation of an influenza immunization decision tool

Despite free and easy access to influenza vaccine, and resource consuming campaigns, immunization rates among health care workers (HCW) remain unacceptably low. This is in part due to decisional conflict, which may be alleviated by a decision aid. To address this issue we developed the Ottawa Influenza Decision Aid (OIDA) to help HCW make an informed decision about influenza immunization. Results of this study support the OIDA as a useful tool for HCWs considering influenza immunization.