A study of women reminded by short message service for elective gynaecological surgery

A study of women reminded by short message service for elective gynaecological surgery: a single-blind, randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN66279562

Enrollment

Registered

2011-07-29

Start date

2011-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-05-08

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Conditions

Telemedicine for gynaecological surgery Not Applicable Telemedicine for gynaecological surgery

Interventions

Women recruited for the study as above will be allocated study numbers after they have been recruited. These numbers will be randomised 3 to 10 days after recruitment to intervention and control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women scheduled to undergo surgery with a waiting list of at least 1 month

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Women who do not have mobile phones and women who object to receiving SMS communications from the hospitals on their mobile phones 2. Age less than 18 years 3. Inability to comprehend English SMSs 4. Refusal to participate in the trial

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
At or just after the expected day of return for surgery for each participant (in both intervention and control groups), the researcher will find out from the gynaecological wards if the participant has returned for surgery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

South Africa

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026