Text for Health: Integrating Technology and Health Communication to Improve Health Outcomes (Part 2 of 2)
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Female Breast Carcinoma
- Sponsor
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 160
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in no-show rate pre- and post-intervention
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This pilot clinical trial studies how well technology and health communication works in improving health outcomes in patients scheduled for mammography screening. The Mobile Mammography Screening Program provides a vital health service and it is important that all women scheduled for an appointment show-up to be screened. Technology and health communication may help decrease no-show rates among patients scheduled for mammography screening.
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To decrease the mobile mammography unit no-show rate by sending text message appointment reminders to patients. II. To assess the efficacy of the text message reminders at addressing the no-show rate by collecting satisfaction survey data from patients that received the texts and that came to their scheduled appointment. OUTLINE: Patients receive 1-2 text messages a few weeks before and 1 text message 24 hours before their mammography screening appointment. Patients also receive a phone call reminder as per standard practice.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Appointment is at a participating location
- •Has a cell phone that can send and receive text messages
- •Agrees to receive the text messages
- •Can read either English or Spanish
- •Not yet sent text messages to 100 patients in community or corporate sites
- •Scheduled at least 1 week prior to the appointment date
- •PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: come to their scheduled appointment
- •PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: received the text message reminders
- •PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: can read either English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in no-show rate pre- and post-intervention
Time Frame: Baseline to up to 1 year
The change (or lack of change) in the corporate sites? no-show rate will be compared to the change (or lack of change) in the community sites? no-show rate. Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the results.
Secondary Outcomes
- Acceptability of using text messaging as a reminder: survey(Up to 1 year)