a Trial of Using SMS Reminder Among Diabetic Retinopathy Patients in Rural China

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Compliance; SMS; Diabetic Retinopathy
• Interventions: Other: the SMS reminder message

• Registration Number: NCT01837121
• Lead Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-17
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-22
• Study Start: 2015-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-06
• Study Completion: 2017-06
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-07
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 237

Inclusion Criteria

• all the diabetes patients who would like to join our study in 5 CREST cooperated rural hospitals.

Exclusion Criteria

1. 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.
2. The first re-visit appointment time is outside our study period.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
the SMS group	the SMS reminder message	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Not-attended rate	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

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge about Diabetic retinopathy on a standardized examination	up to 1.5 years	Using a questionnaire about the comprehensive eye exam and Diabetic retinopathy to compare Knowledge about Diabetic retinopathy on a standardized examination between the SMS group and the control group
Satisfaction with care	up tp 1.5 years	Using a patient satisfaction questionnaire to compare satisfaction with care between the SMS group and the control group
Presenting vision	up to 1.5 years	Presenting vision(Best corrected visual acuity) in the better-seeing and worse-seeing eyes of the two group
Loss of presenting vision	up to 1.5 years	Loss of presenting vision(Best corrected visual acuity) in better-seeing eye thought due to Diabetic retinopathy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Blindness Preventment and Treatment Department, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center; 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China