Effect of Mobile Communication on Congenital Ectopia Lentis Follow-up Adherence

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-12-05

Study Completion Date

2027-11-30

Brief Summary

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Regular follow-up is essential to successful management of congenital ectopia lentis, but it is often ignored by parents in China.

With rapid economic development, there are increasing numbers of mobile phone users that allow for communication applications to be used in medical care.

The investigators aimed to assess the potential of the smartphone application assisted medical service to increase patient compliance in attendance of follow-up after congenital ectopia lentis treatment.

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Detailed Description

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Congenital ectopia lentis is a rare ophthalmic disease that seriously harms the physical and mental health of patients. Surgery is the only definite treatment at present. However, severe visual impairment is common in congenital ectopia lentis patients in China, and delayed presentation to hospital and late surgical treatment are found to be the major reasons.

In China, the messaging application WeChat has become the most popular communication tool. As most congenital ectopia lentis patients' parents are younger people, they are more likely to use technology, such as WeChat, in their daily lives. In addition, it allows ophthalmologists to utilize this communication application to relay health related information and reminders to patients. This makes it feasible to apply this smartphone application in improving attendance of follow-up visits.

In this trial, the investigators aimed to assess the potential of the smartphone application assisted medical service to increase patient compliance in attendance of follow-up after congenital ectopia lentis treatment.

Conditions

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Ectopia Lentis

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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reminder intervention

On the basis of standard appointment, parents in intervention group will receive phone reminders at 4 days and 1 day before their scheduled appointments, and relevant scientific and educational knowledge will be relayed to them from the smartphone application at 1 week before appointments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

smartphone application service and phone reminder

Intervention Type OTHER

smartphone application service and phone reminder for appointments of parents of congenital ectopia lentis patients

standard appointment

Patients will be required to attend follow-up appointments at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months after surgery.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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smartphone application service and phone reminder

smartphone application service and phone reminder for appointments of parents of congenital ectopia lentis patients

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 1\. Identified with congenital lens dislocation after surgery and age ≤ 18 years old; 2. Parents were able to access a mobile phone and communicate via the smartphone application (WeChat); 3. Agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent.