Using Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) Reminders to Enhance Appointment Attendance in DM Patients
Using Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) Reminders to Enhance Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Appointment Attendance in a Primary Care Clinic
Studieöversikt
Status
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljerad beskrivning
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the appointment attendance rate using SMS reminder of nurses and allied health appointments for diabetic patients, when compared to conventional telephone reminder and no reminder. We also aim at determine the factors associated with appointment attendance. Finally, we will also survey patients' acceptance and satisfaction to the SMS service.
This is a single blind randomization study. It will be carried out in Ha Kwai Chung General Outpatient Clinic.
The primary outcome of this study is to evaluate the attendance rate of each individual doctor, nurses and allied health clinic appointments for diabetic patients, as well as their overall attendance rates:
- Diabetes Complication Screening Clinic (OPAS DMCS/RDNA)
- Diabetes Nurse Intervention Clinic (OPAS DMIC/RDNI)
- DM nurse group (OPAS RDNG)
- Dietitian Counselling (OPAS DC/DG)
- Physiotherapy (OPAS PTC/PTG)
- Diabetes Doctor Session (OPAS RDR)
- Retino photo Assessment (OPAS RDO)
- Blood taking appointment (OPAS LABT)
The secondary outcomes are:
- Acceptance Rate of SMS Reminder Vs Telephone Reminder Vs no reminder
Factors associated with acceptance of SMS
- Personal Parameters: Age, sex, educational level, occupation, mobile phone models, Habit of using mobile phone service
- Disease Parameters: Number and types of comorbidity, disease control (by biochemical markers)
- Quality of Life (by SF-6D)
- Reported adverse effects of the reminder system
- Chang in biochemical markers (BMI, HbA1c, LDL-c level) 6-9 months later
Subjects who agreed to participate in this study will first receive a survey on the acceptance of SMS service. For those agree to receive SMS reminder, they will be randomized to:
- an SMS remind them to come for scheduled clinic appointment 24-72 hours before, or
- usual care with no reminder / telephone reminder.
Studietyp
Inskrivning (Förväntat)
Fas
- Inte tillämpbar
Kontakter och platser
Studieorter
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Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, 000
- Rekrytering
- Ha Kwai Chung General Outpatient Clinic
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Kontakt:
- Man Chi Dao
- Telefonnummer: +85236515411
- E-post: thomasmcdao@gmail.com
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Huvudutredare:
- Man Chi Dao, M.B.B.S.
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Underutredare:
- Sau Nga Fu, M.B.B.S.
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Deltagandekriterier
Urvalskriterier
Åldrar som är berättigade till studier
Tar emot friska volontärer
Kön som är behöriga för studier
Beskrivning
Inclusion Criteria:
- With diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
Have more than 1 clinic services appointment under RAMP-DM programme:
(e.g. blood taking, diabetic nurse individual counselling, group education, diabetic complication screening, retinal photo assessment, dietician counselling, etc)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cannot read or receive appointment schedule on mobile phone
- Do not speak Cantonese/English or read Chinese/English
- Mentally incapacitated
- Pregnant Women
Studieplan
Hur är studien utformad?
Designdetaljer
- Primärt syfte: Hälsovårdsforskning
- Tilldelning: Randomiserad
- Interventionsmodell: Parallellt uppdrag
- Maskning: Ingen (Open Label)
Vapen och interventioner
Deltagargrupp / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Experimentell: SMS group
receive a mobile phone text reminder for scheduled clinic appointment 24-72 hours before,
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an SMS remind subjects to come for scheduled clinic appointment 24-72 hours before
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Inget ingripande: Usual care group
Usual care, either telephone reminder or no reminder
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Vad mäter studien?
Primära resultatmått
Resultatmått |
Åtgärdsbeskrivning |
Tidsram |
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Attendance Rate of the scheduled clinic appointment
Tidsram: between booking time and appointment time, usually within 1 weeks to 16 weeks
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Attendance Rate
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between booking time and appointment time, usually within 1 weeks to 16 weeks
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Samarbetspartners och utredare
Sponsor
Samarbetspartners
Utredare
- Huvudutredare: Man Chi Dao, M.B.B.S., Resident
Studieavstämningsdatum
Studera stora datum
Studiestart (Faktisk)
Primärt slutförande (Förväntat)
Avslutad studie (Förväntat)
Studieregistreringsdatum
Först inskickad
Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna
Första postat (Faktisk)
Uppdateringar av studier
Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)
Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna
Senast verifierad
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Ytterligare relevanta MeSH-villkor
Andra studie-ID-nummer
- KW/EX-16-104(100-10)
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