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

Sun Yat-sen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: SMS; Compliance; Diabetic Retinopathy

Treatments: Other: the SMS reminder message

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01837121

ZOC-WDF-SMS

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 237 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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237 participants in 2 patient groups

the SMS group

Other group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: the SMS reminder message

the control group

No Intervention group

Description:

the diabetic retinopathy patient in the control group won't get any reminder message before the appointment.