a Randomized Controlled Trail to Determine the Impact of a SMS Reminder Among Diabetic Retinopathy Patients in Rural China
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 237
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Not-attended rate
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to use a randomized controlled design to determine the impact of a SMS messaging intervention on the following outcomes among persons diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy in rural China.
详细描述
SMS message reminder is a system which can sent re-visit information to remind the patient about the revisit time and address. The investigators can use the SMS system to find out if it is a useful to reduce the not-attended rate of the revisit appointment among the rural diabetic retinopathy patients.
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
- Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
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
- •all the diabetes patients who would like to join our study in 5 CREST cooperated rural hospitals.
排除标准
- •Both the patient and his/her caretakers don't have cellphone,or the one who has cellphone but don't know how to use the SMS function.
- •The first re-visit appointment time is outside our study period.
研究组 & 干预措施
the SMS group
the diabetic retinopathy patient in the SMS group will receive a SMS reminder message about the revisit time,address 1 week and 3 day before the appointment.
干预措施: the SMS reminder message (Other)
the control group
the diabetic retinopathy patient in the control group won't get any reminder message before the appointment.
结局指标
主要结局
Not-attended rate
时间窗: up to 1.5 years
Compare the SMS patient not-attended rate with the control group to show the impact of SMS reminder on the compliance with scheduled follow-up visit
次要结局
- Knowledge about Diabetic retinopathy on a standardized examination(up to 1.5 years)
- Satisfaction with care(up tp 1.5 years)
- Loss of presenting vision(up to 1.5 years)
- Presenting vision(up to 1.5 years)
研究者
Congdon Nathan
vice director,Blindness Prevention and Treatment Department
Sun Yat-sen University