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Trial reportJournal of Zhejiang University. Science. B2008

Comparison of an SMS text messaging and phone reminder to improve attendance at a health promotion center: a randomized controlled trial.

Zhou-Wen Chen, Li-Zheng Fang, Li-Ying Chen, Hong-Lei Dai

Open access · bronzeAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 17 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 231 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Strengthening Delivery of Health Services Using Digital Devices.Global health, science and practice · 2018
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  7. The Empirical Foundations of Telemedicine Interventions in Primary Care.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2016
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  11. The impact of mobile health interventions on chronic disease outcomes in developing countries: a systematic review.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2014
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  13. Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  15. Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012
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  20. Promoting physical activity with self-management support for those with multimorbidity: a randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhou-Wen ChenDepartment of General Practice, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China.
Li-Zheng Fang
Li-Ying Chen
Hong-Lei Dai
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare the efficacy of a short messaging service (SMS) text messaging and phone reminder to improve attendance rates at a health promotion center.

methodsA total of 1 859 participants who had scheduled appointments in the health promotion center of our hospital from April 2007 to May 2007 were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned into 3 groups: control (no reminder) group, SMS text messaging reminder group and telephone reminder group. Attendance rates and costs of interventions were collected.

resultsA total of 1848 participants were eligible for analysis. Attendance rates of control, SMS and telephone groups were 80.5%, 87.5% and 88.3%, respectively. The attendance rates were significantly higher in SMS and telephone groups than that in the control group, with odds ratio 1.698, 95% confidence interval 1.224 to 2.316, P=0.001 in the SMS group, and odds ratio 1.829, 95% confidence interval 1.333 to 2.509, P<0.001 in the telephone group. However, there was no difference between the SMS group and the telephone group (P=0.670). The cost effectiveness analysis showed that the cost per attendance for the SMS group (0.31 Yuan) was significantly lower than that for the telephone group (0.48 Yuan).

conclusionSMS and telephone are effective reminders for improving attendance rate at a health promotion center. SMS reminder may be more cost-effective compared with the telephone reminder.

Indexed as

Health PromotionReminder SystemsTelephoneAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Compliance

Identifiers

PMID18196610
PMCPMC2170466
OpenAlexW2094610961

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