Compliance, Diabetic Retinopathy, SMS
Conditions
Keywords
not-attended rate, re-visit, vision, knowledge, satisfaction
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to use a randomized controlled design to determine the impact of a SMS messaging intervention on the following outcomes among persons diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy in rural China.
Detailed description
SMS message reminder is a system which can sent re-visit information to remind the patient about the revisit time and address. The investigators can use the SMS system to find out if it is a useful to reduce the not-attended rate of the revisit appointment among the rural diabetic retinopathy patients.
Interventions
OTHERthe SMS reminder message
the SMS reminder message will sent to the SMS group patients 1 week and 3 day before there appointment,to remind them the exact time and address of the revisit appointment.
Sponsors
Orbis
The World Diabetes Foundation
Sun Yat-sen University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\- all the diabetes patients who would like to join our study in 5 CREST cooperated rural hospitals.
Exclusion criteria
1. Both the patient and his/her caretakers don't have cellphone,or the one who has cellphone but don't know how to use the SMS function. 2. The first re-visit appointment time is outside our study period.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Not-attended rate | up to 1.5 years | Compare the SMS patient not-attended rate with the control group to show the impact of SMS reminder on the compliance with scheduled follow-up visit |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction with care | up tp 1.5 years | Using a patient satisfaction questionnaire to compare satisfaction with care between the SMS group and the control group |
| Knowledge about Diabetic retinopathy on a standardized examination | up to 1.5 years | Using a questionnaire about the comprehensive eye exam and Diabetic retinopathy to compare Knowledge about Diabetic retinopathy on a standardized examination between the SMS group and the control group |
| Presenting vision | up to 1.5 years | Presenting vision(Best corrected visual acuity) in the better-seeing and worse-seeing eyes of the two group |
| Loss of presenting vision | up to 1.5 years | Loss of presenting vision(Best corrected visual acuity) in better-seeing eye thought due to Diabetic retinopathy |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed