Trial Outcomes & Findings for SCALE-UP Utah II: Community-Academic Partnership to Address COVID-19 Text Message Study (NCT NCT05533918)

NCT ID: NCT05533918

Last Updated: 2025-01-16

Results Overview

Number of patients that accept an offer to receive an at-home test kit and verify mailing address

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

31439 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Every 10 or 30 days dependent on group randomization [up to 90 days post intervention message]

Results posted on

2025-01-16

Participant Flow

This study recruited participants in partnership with the Association for Utah Community Health and its affiliated Community Health Centers (CHCs). Three CHCs with 12 primary care clinics participated. Eligible patients had an appointment at one of the participating CHCs in the last 3 years, were 18 years and older, and had a valid cellphone number in the CHC EHR.

1. Opted out- opted out at introductory message but before randomization 2. Reported not having a smart phone 3. Did not respond to introductory message

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Overall Study
STARTED
7861
7860
7856
7862
Overall Study
COMPLETED
6879
7277
6861
7298
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
982
583
995
564

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

SCALE-UP Utah II: Community-Academic Partnership to Address COVID-19 Text Message Study

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
n=7861 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
n=7860 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
n=7856 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
n=7862 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Total
n=31439 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
42.43 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.31 • n=5 Participants
42.12 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.05 • n=7 Participants
42.02 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.13 • n=5 Participants
42.17 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.20 • n=4 Participants
42.18 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.17 • n=21 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Sex · Female
4491 Participants
n=5 Participants
4417 Participants
n=7 Participants
4420 Participants
n=5 Participants
4456 Participants
n=4 Participants
17784 Participants
n=21 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Sex · Male
3370 Participants
n=5 Participants
3442 Participants
n=7 Participants
3435 Participants
n=5 Participants
3406 Participants
n=4 Participants
13653 Participants
n=21 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Sex · Unknown
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=7 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants
2 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · American Indian/Alaska Native
26 Participants
n=5 Participants
19 Participants
n=7 Participants
16 Participants
n=5 Participants
16 Participants
n=4 Participants
77 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · Asian
77 Participants
n=5 Participants
83 Participants
n=7 Participants
73 Participants
n=5 Participants
84 Participants
n=4 Participants
317 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · Black/African American
88 Participants
n=5 Participants
97 Participants
n=7 Participants
116 Participants
n=5 Participants
93 Participants
n=4 Participants
394 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
58 Participants
n=5 Participants
44 Participants
n=7 Participants
41 Participants
n=5 Participants
62 Participants
n=4 Participants
205 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · Hispanic or Latino/a
4218 Participants
n=5 Participants
4250 Participants
n=7 Participants
4323 Participants
n=5 Participants
4283 Participants
n=4 Participants
17074 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · Multi-race
73 Participants
n=5 Participants
87 Participants
n=7 Participants
81 Participants
n=5 Participants
74 Participants
n=4 Participants
315 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · Unknown
979 Participants
n=5 Participants
974 Participants
n=7 Participants
905 Participants
n=5 Participants
941 Participants
n=4 Participants
3799 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity · White Non-Hispanic
2342 Participants
n=5 Participants
2306 Participants
n=7 Participants
2301 Participants
n=5 Participants
2309 Participants
n=4 Participants
9258 Participants
n=21 Participants
Language
English
3834 Participants
n=5 Participants
3798 Participants
n=7 Participants
3808 Participants
n=5 Participants
3772 Participants
n=4 Participants
15212 Participants
n=21 Participants
Language
Spanish
3398 Participants
n=5 Participants
3415 Participants
n=7 Participants
3429 Participants
n=5 Participants
3463 Participants
n=4 Participants
13705 Participants
n=21 Participants
Language
Other
88 Participants
n=5 Participants
85 Participants
n=7 Participants
74 Participants
n=5 Participants
100 Participants
n=4 Participants
347 Participants
n=21 Participants
Language
Unknown
541 Participants
n=5 Participants
562 Participants
n=7 Participants
545 Participants
n=5 Participants
527 Participants
n=4 Participants
2175 Participants
n=21 Participants
Urban/Rural
Urban
7098 Participants
n=5 Participants
7091 Participants
n=7 Participants
7090 Participants
n=5 Participants
7097 Participants
n=4 Participants
28376 Participants
n=21 Participants
Urban/Rural
Rural
763 Participants
n=5 Participants
769 Participants
n=7 Participants
766 Participants
n=5 Participants
765 Participants
n=4 Participants
3063 Participants
n=21 Participants
CHC
CHC 1
5280 Participants
n=5 Participants
5281 Participants
n=7 Participants
5279 Participants
n=5 Participants
5284 Participants
n=4 Participants
21124 Participants
n=21 Participants
CHC
CHC 2
884 Participants
n=5 Participants
884 Participants
n=7 Participants
882 Participants
n=5 Participants
881 Participants
n=4 Participants
3531 Participants
n=21 Participants
CHC
CHC 3
1697 Participants
n=5 Participants
1695 Participants
n=7 Participants
1695 Participants
n=5 Participants
1697 Participants
n=4 Participants
6784 Participants
n=21 Participants
SCALE-UP I Randomization
Not enrolled in SCALE-UP I
2688 Participants
n=5 Participants
2689 Participants
n=7 Participants
2682 Participants
n=5 Participants
2687 Participants
n=4 Participants
10746 Participants
n=21 Participants
SCALE-UP I Randomization
TM
2253 Participants
n=5 Participants
2255 Participants
n=7 Participants
2258 Participants
n=5 Participants
2258 Participants
n=4 Participants
9024 Participants
n=21 Participants
SCALE-UP I Randomization
TM+PN
2920 Participants
n=5 Participants
2916 Participants
n=7 Participants
2916 Participants
n=5 Participants
2917 Participants
n=4 Participants
11669 Participants
n=21 Participants
Insurance Status
Private
1878 Participants
n=5 Participants
1772 Participants
n=7 Participants
1798 Participants
n=5 Participants
1858 Participants
n=4 Participants
7306 Participants
n=21 Participants
Insurance Status
Public
1193 Participants
n=5 Participants
1160 Participants
n=7 Participants
1165 Participants
n=5 Participants
1233 Participants
n=4 Participants
4751 Participants
n=21 Participants
Insurance Status
Uninsured
4790 Participants
n=5 Participants
4928 Participants
n=7 Participants
4893 Participants
n=5 Participants
4771 Participants
n=4 Participants
19382 Participants
n=21 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Every 10 or 30 days dependent on group randomization [up to 90 days post intervention message]

Number of patients that accept an offer to receive an at-home test kit and verify mailing address

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
n=7861 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
n=7860 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
n=7856 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
n=7862 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Reach-Accept Testing
509 Participants
423 Participants
351 Participants
329 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Every 10 or 30 days dependent on group randomization [up to 90 days post intervention message]

Number of patients that reply to an offer to receive an at-home rapid test kit

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
n=7861 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
n=7860 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
n=7856 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
n=7862 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Reach-Engage Testing
785 Participants
637 Participants
603 Participants
554 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Every 10 or 30 days dependent on group randomization [up to 90 days post intervention message]

Population: Groups analyzed for this outcome are only PN groups/arms. No Patient Navigation (NoPN) groups were not analyzed for this outcome since patient navigation was not offered to those groups.

Number of PN participants that request a Patient Navigator.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
n=7856 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
n=7862 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
PN-Request
0 Participants
0 Participants
11 Participants
8 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Every 10 or 30 days dependent on group randomization [up to 90 days post intervention message]

Population: Groups analyzed for this outcome are only PN groups/arms. No Patient Navigation (NoPN) groups were not analyzed for this outcome since patient navigation was not offered to those groups.

Number of PN participants that speak to a Patient Navigator

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
n=7856 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
n=7862 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
PN-Engage
0 Participants
0 Participants
9 Participants
6 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Daily [up to 90 days post intervention messaging)

Number of participants that opt out throughout the duration of the intervention

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
n=7861 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
n=7860 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
n=7856 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
n=7862 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Opt-out
982 Participants
583 Participants
995 Participants
564 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 90 days post intervention messaging

Population: Participants were only analyzed if they requested a COVID-19 test kit and responded to follow up messages. Not all participants completed both requirements.

Participants who self-reported testing as completed. Reported only for participants who requested COVID-19 test kits from the study and responded to follow-up messages.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day
n=284 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day
n=247 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. Patients will not receive patient navigation. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day
n=196 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients to mailed at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 10 days for a total of 6 messages.
Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day
n=200 Participants
Bidirectional text messaging with a one-touch response to connect patients at-home rapid test kits for use as needed. RPN will provide patients the opportunity to reply PERSON (for connection to a PN) in response to a TM offering connection to testing and/or vaccination. Text-Messaging (TM): Participants in the TM condition will receive HIPAA-compliant bidirectional text messages. These texts will include a brief message alerting patients that they are eligible to receive a test kit and asking participants if they would like to receive a test kit. Participants who reply "yes" will receive an additional message with information about how to receive a test kit. Patient Navigation (PN): Patient navigation from the Community Health Worker includes practical advice in addressing barriers to testing such as logistics, as well as fear, skepticism, and hesitancy. There are two distinct different types of patient navigation, Request PN and No PN. Each person will be randomly assigned between the two types. Intervention message frequency is every 30 days for a total of 3 messages.
Self Reported Testing
94 Participants
86 Participants
63 Participants
72 Participants

Adverse Events

Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 10 Day

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Text Messaging (TM) + No Patient Navigation (NoPN) + 30 Day

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 10 Day

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Text Messaging (TM) + Patient Navigation (PN) + 30 Day

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Guilherme Del Fiol

University of Utah

Phone: 801-581-4080

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place