Text Message Follow-up for Patients Who Have Missed Well-Child Visits: Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 739
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Number of completed (rescheduled) well child visits
研究概览
简要总结
This project will use Twilio as a platform for a text messaging campaign to implement timely follow up with parents/guardians of children ages 0 to 17 years who have missed Well Child Visits (WCVs). The first phase of this project was an open trial. This second phase of the study will be a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to randomly assign parents/guardians of children who missed a WCV to an intervention condition or no intervention, and assess reasons for missed visits and experiences at last visit. Parents/guardians will receive text messages notifying them of missed visits and prompting them to reschedule, as well as inviting them to complete an online survey. Each reminder message will at minimum direct parents/guardians to reschedule by phone or by the patient portal. Outcomes of the follow-up campaign will be evaluated, including rescheduled visits within 6 weeks of missed visit and attendance at rescheduled visit. This aim will incorporate patient Electronic Health Record (EHR) data into mixed effects logistic regressions for the primary study outcomes.
详细描述
Well-Child visits (WCV) are an opportunity to maximize the health and future well-being and development of children. Missed visits, however, can result in negative outcomes for patients and families and for the healthcare system. For patients, missed primary care visits can result in greater Emergency Department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, and in delays in diagnosing a variety of medical conditions, including identification of child abuse and neglect. For healthcare systems, missed visits result in decreased efficiency, lower quality measures, decreased provider productivity, and loss in revenue. Although smart phones are nearly ubiquitous, even among more economically disadvantaged populations, literature to date has reported only on using text messages for pre-visit reminders. There is a tremendous opportunity to study use of text messaging to engage families in follow-up for missed WCV. Even more so, testing the use of text messages with different content is missing, as well as using text messages to invite patients to share reasons for missing the last WCV.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients included in text messaging campaign (caregivers receive text messages):
- •Are 0-17 years
- •No-showed for a well-child visit scheduled at one of five locations: Pediatrics-Downtown Health Plaza, Family Medicine-Piedmont Plaza, Pediatrics-Winston East, Family Medicine-Peace Haven, or Pediatrics-Clemmons
- •Have a phone number on record for a primary caregiver
- •With primary language for contact that is English or Spanish
- •Caregivers must be 18 years or older
排除标准
- •Patients who:
- •Are 18+ years old
- •No-showed for a different type of visit, or no-showed for a WCV at a different practice location
- •Already rescheduled their appointment by the time the sample list was generated
- •Have primary language specified that is not English or Spanish.
- •Caregivers who are under 18 years old
结局指标
主要结局
Number of completed (rescheduled) well child visits
时间窗: 6 weeks after missed well child visit
If parent/guardian completed (rescheduled) well child visit
Number of rescheduled well child visits
时间窗: 6 weeks after missed well child visit
If parent/guardian rescheduled well child visit
次要结局
- Number of child patient hospitalizations(6 weeks after missed well child visit)
- Number of child patient emergency department visits(6 weeks after missed well child visit)