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Promoting Cervical Cancer Screening for Emergency Department Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Cervical Cancer
Interventions
Behavioral: Text Messaging
Behavioral: Provider Referral
Registration Number
NCT03483610
Lead Sponsor
University of Rochester
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn methods to encourage women to get recommended cervical cancer screening. Cervical cancer screening is an important part of cervical cancer prevention. The study team will determine if the patient is currently up-to-date with cervical cancer screening recommendations. If the patient is not up-to-date, then they will be randomly assigned to one of two interventions. One intervention consists only of referral to a women's health care provider to obtain cervical cancer screening. The other intervention consists of receiving a total of 3 text messages at 30-day intervals encouraging follow-up for cervical cancer screening.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
95
Inclusion Criteria
  • Registered patient in the Emergency Department of the University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Women
  • Age 21 - 65
Exclusion Criteria
  • Past hysterectomy with cervical removal
  • Known infection with HIV (screening recommendations for women with HIV differ from the general population)
  • Non-English speaking
  • Inability to consent
  • Lack of text-capable mobile phone and/or inability to use text function

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
behavioral interventionText Messaging-
screening and referralProvider Referral-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants Who Scheduled or Completed Cervical Cancer Screening150 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Rochester, Department of Emergency Medicine

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Rochester, New York, United States

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