Female Breast Carcinoma, Healthy Subject
Conditions
Brief summary
This pilot clinical trial studies how well technology and health communication works in improving health outcomes in patients scheduled for mammography screening. The Mobile Mammography Screening Program provides a vital health service and it is important that all women scheduled for an appointment show-up to be screened. Technology and health communication may help decrease no-show rates among patients scheduled for mammography screening.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To decrease the mobile mammography unit no-show rate by sending text message appointment reminders to patients. II. To assess the efficacy of the text message reminders at addressing the no-show rate by collecting satisfaction survey data from patients that received the texts and that came to their scheduled appointment. OUTLINE: Patients receive 1-2 text messages a few weeks before and 1 text message 24 hours before their mammography screening appointment. Patients also receive a phone call reminder as per standard practice.
Interventions
OTHERQuestionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
BEHAVIORALTelephone-Based Intervention
Receive text message reminders
Sponsors
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Appointment is at a participating location * Has a cell phone that can send and receive text messages * Agrees to receive the text messages * Can read either English or Spanish * Not yet sent text messages to 100 patients in community or corporate sites * Scheduled at least 1 week prior to the appointment date * PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: come to their scheduled appointment * PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: received the text message reminders * PATIENTS FOR FOLLOW UP: can read either English or Spanish
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in no-show rate pre- and post-intervention | Baseline to up to 1 year | The change (or lack of change) in the corporate sites? no-show rate will be compared to the change (or lack of change) in the community sites? no-show rate. Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the results. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptability of using text messaging as a reminder: survey | Up to 1 year | Descriptive statistics will be used to report the results of the satisfaction survey. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed