An interventional study of Mobile phone text message reminder in Appointments and Schedules and Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, sponsored by The University of Hong Kong. Status unknown at 1 site in Hong Kong. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-02-16.
Sponsored by The University of Hong Kong · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
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.
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:
The secondary outcomes are:
Factors associated with acceptance of SMS
Subjects who agreed to participate in this study will first receive a survey on the acceptance of SMS service. For those agree to receive SMS reminder, they will be randomized to:
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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)
Exclusion Criteria:
receive a mobile phone text reminder for scheduled clinic appointment 24-72 hours before,
Other: Mobile phone text message reminder
Usual care, either telephone reminder or no reminder
an SMS remind subjects to come for scheduled clinic appointment 24-72 hours before
Attendance Rate of the scheduled clinic appointment
Attendance Rate
Time frame: between booking time and appointment time, usually within 1 weeks to 16 weeks
Plan to share: Undecided
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