Using Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) Reminders to Enhance Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Appointment Attendance in a Primary Care Clinic
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 270
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Attendance Rate of the scheduled clinic appointment
研究概览
简要总结
A randomized controlled trial of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with multiple appointments into short message service group and control group. The attendance rate of these two groups of patients will be compared.
详细描述
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the appointment attendance rate using SMS reminder of nurses and allied health appointments for diabetic patients, when compared to conventional telephone reminder and no reminder. We also aim at determine the factors associated with appointment attendance. Finally, we will also survey patients' acceptance and satisfaction to the SMS service.
This is a single blind randomization study. It will be carried out in Ha Kwai Chung General Outpatient Clinic.
The primary outcome of this study is to evaluate the attendance rate of each individual doctor, nurses and allied health clinic appointments for diabetic patients, as well as their overall attendance rates:
- Diabetes Complication Screening Clinic (OPAS DMCS/RDNA)
- Diabetes Nurse Intervention Clinic (OPAS DMIC/RDNI)
- DM nurse group (OPAS RDNG)
- Dietitian Counselling (OPAS DC/DG)
- Physiotherapy (OPAS PTC/PTG)
- Diabetes Doctor Session (OPAS RDR)
- Retino photo Assessment (OPAS RDO)
- Blood taking appointment (OPAS LABT)
The secondary outcomes are:
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
- •With diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
- •Have more than 1 clinic services appointment under RAMP-DM programme:
- •(e.g. blood taking, diabetic nurse individual counselling, group education, diabetic complication screening, retinal photo assessment, dietician counselling, etc)
排除标准
- •Cannot read or receive appointment schedule on mobile phone
- •Do not speak Cantonese/English or read Chinese/English
- •Mentally incapacitated
- •Pregnant Women
结局指标
主要结局
Attendance Rate of the scheduled clinic appointment
时间窗: between booking time and appointment time, usually within 1 weeks to 16 weeks
Attendance Rate
次要结局
未报告次要终点