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

NCT ID: NCT01837121

Last Updated: 2018-01-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

237 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Compliance Diabetic Retinopathy SMS

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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the SMS group

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.

Group Type OTHER

the SMS reminder message

Intervention Type OTHER

the SMS reminder message will sent to the SMS group patients 1 week and 3 day before there appointment,to remind them the exact time and address of the revisit appointment.

the control group

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

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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the SMS reminder message

the SMS reminder message will sent to the SMS group patients 1 week and 3 day before there appointment,to remind them the exact time and address of the revisit appointment.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Orbis

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The World Diabetes Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sun Yat-sen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Congdon Nathan

vice director,Blindness Prevention and Treatment Department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nathan G Congdon, MD,MPH

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Blindness Prevention and Treament Department,Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center

Locations

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Blindness Preventment and Treatment Department, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Other Identifiers

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ZOC-WDF-SMS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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