Use of SMSs to Improve Attendance to Cervical Cancer Follow-up Screening
NCT ID: NCT02509702
Last Updated: 2021-12-29
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
705 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-08-17
2019-10-06
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SCREENING
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Connected to Care
The SMS intervention will consist of 15 text messages that will be sent to the intervention group over a period of 10 months. There will be two types of text messages: (1) educational text messages; and (2) SMS reminders for the follow-up appointment.
Connected to Care
10 health educative SMSs' sent once a month 5 SMS-reminders for follow-up appointment sent on days -14, -7, -1 pre- follow-up appointment, and +1, +7 post follow-up appointment
Control
The control group will receive standard care, which is a follow-up appointment at 14 months written on an appointment card.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Connected to Care
10 health educative SMSs' sent once a month 5 SMS-reminders for follow-up appointment sent on days -14, -7, -1 pre- follow-up appointment, and +1, +7 post follow-up appointment
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* HPV positive
* Age 25 - 60 years
* Private mobile phone
Exclusion Criteria
* Menstruating on day of enrolment
* Hysterectomy
* Diagnosed with cervical pre-cancer within past 12 months
* Diagnosed with cervical cancer
* Invalid mobile phone number
* Unreachable when trying to convey HPV positive result
25 Years
60 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Marianne Andersen
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Marianne Andersen
Clinical professor
Principal Investigators
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Vibeke Rasch, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
University of Southern Denmark
Julius Mwaiselage, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Ocean Road Cancer Institute
Locations
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Mawenzi Regional Referral Hospital
Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI)
Dar es Salaam, , Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC)
Moshi, , Tanzania
Countries
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References
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Linde DS, Andersen MS, Mwaiselage JD, Manongi R, Kjaer SK, Rasch V. Text messages to increase attendance to follow-up cervical cancer screening appointments among HPV-positive Tanzanian women (Connected2Care): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Nov 21;18(1):555. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2215-x.
Lokke KF, Rasch V, Mwaiselage J, Gammeltoft T, Linde DS. Acceptability of text messages and knowledge change for cervical cancer screening: a Tanzanian mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 19;12(9):e058450. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058450.
Palmer MJ, Henschke N, Villanueva G, Maayan N, Bergman H, Glenton C, Lewin S, Fonhus MS, Tamrat T, Mehl GL, Free C. Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 14;8(8):CD013680. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013680.
Linde DS, Andersen MS, Mwaiselage J, Manongi R, Kjaer SK, Rasch V. Effectiveness of One-Way Text Messaging on Attendance to Follow-Up Cervical Cancer Screening Among Human Papillomavirus-Positive Tanzanian Women (Connected2Care): Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2020 Apr 2;22(4):e15863. doi: 10.2196/15863.
Linde DS, Rasch V, Mwaiselage JD, Gammeltoft TM. Competing needs: a qualitative study of cervical cancer screening attendance among HPV-positive women in Tanzania. BMJ Open. 2019 Feb 27;9(2):e024011. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024011.
Other Identifiers
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Connected2Care
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id