Effect of SMS Reminder and Free Eye Drops on Follow-up Adherence After Trabeculectomy Surgery in Rural China

Congdon Nathan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Glaucoma; Adherence

Treatments: Other: SMS and free eye drops

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02328456

ZOC-CREST-COMPLIANCE-GLAUCOMA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to use a randomized controlled design to determine the impact of a SMS messaging associated with free eye drops intervention on the following outcomes among patients after trabeculectomy surgery 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 patients.

Enrollment: 209 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All the patients after trabeculectomy surgery in 4 cooperated rural hospitals

Exclusion criteria

• 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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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209 participants in 2 patient groups

SMS and free eye drops group

Other group

Description:

the patient after trabeculectomy surgery in the SMS associated with free eye drops group will receive free eye drops and a SMS reminder message about the revisit time.

Treatment:

Other: SMS and free eye drops

the control group

No Intervention group

Description:

the patient after trabeculectomy surgery in the control group won't get any free eye drop and reminder message before the appointment.