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Eligible patients were aged 18\u201364 in \u2018at-risk\u2019 groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Practices were randomly allocated to either an intervention or standard care arm in the 2013 influenza season (September to December). Practices in the intervention arm were asked to send a text message influenza vaccination reminder to their at-risk patients under 65. Practices in the standard care arm were asked to continue their influenza campaign as planned.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Blinding<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Practices were not blinded. Analysis was performed blinded to practice allocation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Practice-level influenza vaccine uptake among at-risk patients aged 18\u201364\u2005years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>77 practices were randomised to the intervention group (76 analysed, n at-risk patients=51\u2005121), 79 to the standard care group (79 analysed, n at-risk patients=51\u2005136). The text message increased absolute vaccine uptake by 2.62% (95% CI \u22120.09% to 5.33%), p=0.058, though this could have been due to chance. Within intervention clusters, a median 21.0% (IQR 10.2% to 47.0%) of eligible patients were sent a text message. The number needed to treat was 7.0 (95% CI \u22120.29 to 14.3).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patient follow-up using routine electronic health records is a low cost method of conducting cluster randomised trials. 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