Effectiveness of a short message reminder on compliance to follow up after cataract surgery in an outreach setting

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202310751607000

Enrollment

125

Registered

2023-10-24

Start date

2023-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-27

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Conditions

Eye Diseases

Interventions

SMS reminder

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients that are 18 years and older who present to the Hospital and diagnosed to have operable cataract. 2. Patients or a member of the household that have access to a cell phone capable of receiving SMS text messages. 3. Patients with no formal education but can be assisted by a literate spouse, family member, or other person. 4. Consent to participate to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with cataract and with no perception of light preoperatively. 2. Patients with traumatic cataract or any ocular comorbidity such as glaucoma, corneal opacity. 3. Patients that developed major post-operative complication(s) that may need adjustment in follow up visit will be excluded from the study. 4. Severely debilitated patients, psychotic or deaf and dumb persons with cataract will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome measure:Effectiveness of SMS Reminder on follow up visit	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Visual outcome after cataract surgery in an outreach setting	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactAmina Hassan Wali

Supervisor

aminahkt@gmail.com+2348037862194

Outcome results

None listed

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