SMS Mobile Technology to Improve Early Childhood Vaccine Coverage in Guatemala

NCT ID: NCT02567006

Last Updated: 2019-09-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

720 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-03-01

Study Completion Date

2017-07-10

Brief Summary

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This project plans to learn more about whether sending text messages to parents on their mobile phones to remind them when their child is due for his or her next vaccination will improve children getting vaccinated on time.

Detailed Description

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This project plans to learn more about whether sending text messages to parents on their mobile phones to remind them when their child is due for his or her next vaccination will improve children getting vaccinated on time. The vaccines that will be given are the same routine vaccinations registered in Guatemala and used by the Ministry of Health regardless of enrollment in the study.

Conditions

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Adherence to Vaccination Schedules Timeliness of Vaccination Acceptability of SMS Reminder Program

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Short Message Service (SMS) group

Receiving SMS message reminders 1 week before scheduled vaccination

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

SMS message

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

SMS messages will be delivered at 6, 4, and 2 days before the next scheduled date of the primary vaccines for the intervention group

Usual care

Not receiving SMS messages

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Health clinic nurse provides regular appointment in the vaccination card with no active reminders

Interventions

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SMS message

SMS messages will be delivered at 6, 4, and 2 days before the next scheduled date of the primary vaccines for the intervention group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Health clinic nurse provides regular appointment in the vaccination card with no active reminders

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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text messages

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* First dose of primary vaccination series
* Parents owning a mobile phone and able to decipher SMS messages
* Consent form signed

Exclusion Criteria

* Moving away from the study site in the next 12 months
* Ineligible for primary vaccination series by the MOH
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Weeks

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universidad del Valle, Guatemala

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fundacion para la Salud Integral de los Guatemaltecos CU

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ministry of Health, Guatemala

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Edwin J Asturias, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Colorado, Denver

Gretchen Domek, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Colorado, Denver

Ingrid L Contreras, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University del Valle, Guatemala

Locations

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Fundacion para la Salud Integral de los Guatemaltecos CU

Coatepeque, Departamento de Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Site Status

University del Valle, Guatemala

Guatemala City, , Guatemala

Site Status

Countries

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Guatemala

References

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Gurman TA, Rubin SE, Roess AA. Effectiveness of mHealth behavior change communication interventions in developing countries: a systematic review of the literature. J Health Commun. 2012;17 Suppl 1:82-104. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2011.649160.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22548603 (View on PubMed)

Head KJ, Noar SM, Iannarino NT, Grant Harrington N. Efficacy of text messaging-based interventions for health promotion: a meta-analysis. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Nov;97:41-8. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.003. Epub 2013 Aug 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24161087 (View on PubMed)

Palmer MJ, Henschke N, Bergman H, Villanueva G, Maayan N, Tamrat T, Mehl GL, Glenton C, Lewin S, Fonhus MS, Free C. Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving maternal, neonatal, and child health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 14;8(8):CD013679. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013679.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32813276 (View on PubMed)

Domek GJ, Contreras-Roldan IL, Bull S, O'Leary ST, Bolanos Ventura GA, Bronsert M, Kempe A, Asturias EJ. Text message reminders to improve infant immunization in Guatemala: A randomized clinical trial. Vaccine. 2019 Sep 30;37(42):6192-6200. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.046. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31492475 (View on PubMed)

Domek GJ, O'Leary ST, Bull S, Bronsert M, Contreras-Roldan IL, Bolanos Ventura GA, Kempe A, Asturias EJ. Measuring vaccine hesitancy: Field testing the WHO SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy survey tool in Guatemala. Vaccine. 2018 Aug 23;36(35):5273-5281. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.046. Epub 2018 Jul 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30061026 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1R21HD084115-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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14-2170

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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