Text Message Reminders for Hearing Healthcare

NCT ID: NCT05438225

Last Updated: 2023-10-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-10-17

Study Completion Date

2023-10-25

Brief Summary

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Many individuals with hearing loss do not receive adequate hearing healthcare. Given their close and long-term relationships with patients, primary care providers (PCPs) could play a vital role in improving access to hearing healthcare. Unfortunately, hearing loss is often underdiagnosed in primary care settings, because hearing screening is not a routine part of primary care visits, and the responsibility often falls on the patient or family to recognize and address the issue. The investigators propose to pilot test the use of text message reminders to encourage elderly patients to discuss hearing assessment with there PCPs. The study objectives are to: 1) design an automated text-messaging reminder system; 2) assess the feasibility of deploying the intervention in a clinical trial setting; and 3) evaluate whether the intervention increases willingness to seek hearing healthcare.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hearing Loss

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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Automated Text Message Reminder

Participants will receive automated reminder text instructing them to discuss hearing issues with their PCPs, and to request a referral to audiology or otolaryngology if they have hearing loss.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Automated text message reminder

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention group will receive monthly automated reminder text instructing them to discuss hearing issues with their PCPs, and to request a referral to audiology or otolaryngology if they have hearing loss.

Control Group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Automated text message reminder

Participants in the intervention group will receive monthly automated reminder text instructing them to discuss hearing issues with their PCPs, and to request a referral to audiology or otolaryngology if they have hearing loss.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* English-speaking adult patients aged 65 and older
* Have not audiometric testing within the past 5 years
* Has had at least one prior visit encounter with a Stanford primary care provider the past 1 year
* Has a cell phone with a valid phone number

Exclusion Criteria

* History of childhood hearing loss
* Hearing aid users
* Limited English proficiency
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Uchechukwu Megwalu

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Stanford University

Stanford, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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IRB-66347

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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