Text-message Support to Improve Oral Antibiotic Adherence After ED Discharge

NCT ID: NCT01388465

Last Updated: 2012-05-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-06-30

Study Completion Date

2011-12-31

Brief Summary

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The investigators are testing the hypothesis that patients who are exposed to daily text-message (TM) assessments with feedback will have better adherence to prescription than those patients not exposed to TM-based queries with feedback.

Detailed Description

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Short course, oral antibiotics are frequently prescribed to patients treated/discharged from the Emergency Department. Medication adherence involves the patient taking the proper daily dosing of prescribed medication for the entire length of time it is prescribed. Previous studies have shown that prescription non-filling rates range from 5 to 20%. Other studies have shown that even if patients fill their prescription, as low as 30-40% will properly take the medication. The purpose of this study is to determine if the proportion of patients discharged from the Emergency Department that are adherent with antibiotics is higher in patients that are provided TM support using self-report.

Conditions

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Medication Adherence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Mobile phone text message Intervention

Daily assessments with feedback about (1) filling prescription and (2) number of doses taken

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile phone text messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Daily assessment followed by feedback

Control

No TM queries or feedback

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Mobile phone text messaging

Daily assessment followed by feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Ages 18 and older
* Planned discharge form the ED on oral antibiotics

Exclusion Criteria

* non-English speaking
* Prisoner
* No personal mobile phone with text message features
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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UPMC Mercy Emergency Department

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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PRO11020492

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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