Liver Transplant, Adherence
Conditions
Brief summary
Text message reminders will improve adherence to lab tests in adolescent liver transplant recipients.
Detailed description
Adolescent patients who received a liver transplant will be recruited to participate in receiving text message reminders for lab tests. They will be send de-identified messages according to their required lab schedule. The investigators will monitor their adherence to lab tests as well as medication and clinic visits. They will also have a questionnaire about their medical regimen before and at the end of the study.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALText Message Reminder
Sent TM reminder at beginning and end of each month that corresponded to required lab frequency. Patients were able to send autoresponses.
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patient \>12 years * Received liver transplant * Followed by Stanford Liver Transplant Team
Exclusion criteria
* No personal cell phone
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence to lab tests | One year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Texting responses | 1 year | Correspondence between actual completion of tests versus reported |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed