The use of text messaging to improve attendance in internal medicine outpatient clinic: A randomized controlled trial in a teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: on- attendance of outpatient clinic appointment; Non- attendance of outpatient clinic appointment; Other - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000998741
• Lead Sponsor: Adel Youssef

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 502

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients who have outpatient appointment within a week
2. Arabic speaking
3. Have a registered phone number

Exclusion Criteria

<18 years old
Non- Arabic speaking patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified