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Trial reportStudies in health technology and informatics2010

Impact of content-specific email reminders on provider participation in an online intervention: a dental PBRN study.

Thomas K Houston, Heather L Coley, Rajani S Sadasivam, Midge N Ray, Jessica H Williams, Jeroan J Allison, Gregg H Gilbert, Catarina I Kiefe, Connie Kohler, DPBRN Collaborative Group

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Studies in health technology and informatics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Effectiveness of dentist's intervention in smoking cessation: A review.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas K HoustonCenter for Health Quality, Outcomes & Economic Research, Bedford VAMC, Bedford, MA, USA.
Heather L Coley
Rajani S Sadasivam
Midge N Ray
Jessica H Williams
Jeroan J Allison
Gregg H Gilbert
Catarina I Kiefe
Connie Kohler
DPBRN Collaborative Group
Bedford VA Research Corporation · US

Funding

Dental PBRN Network ChairU01DE016747 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GILBERT, GREGG H · 2005 to 2011
$17.3M
Dental Practice-Based Research Network Coordinating CtrU01DE016746 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI FUNKHOUSER, ELLEN M · 2005 to 2011
$7.0M
Dental Tobacco Control Net Improving PracticeR01DA017971 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HOUSTON, THOMAS K. · 2003 to 2007
$2.2M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA017971NIDA NIH HHS R01-DA-17971NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE016746NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE016747NIDCR NIH HHS U01-DE-16746NIDCR NIH HHS U01-DE-16747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engaging busy healthcare providers in online continuing education interventions is challenging. In an Internet-delivered intervention for dental providers, we tested a series of email-delivered reminders - cues to action. The intervention included case-based education and downloadable practice tools designed to encourage providers to increase delivery of smoking cessation advice to patients. We compared the impact of email reminders focused on 1) general project announcements, 2) intervention related content (smoking cessation), and 3) unrelated content (oral cancer prevention focused content). We found that email reminders dramatically increased participation. The content of the message had little impact on the participation, but day of the week was important - messages sent at the end of the week had less impact, likely due to absence from clinic on the weekend. Email contact, such as day of week an email is sent and notice of new content post-ing, is critical to longitudinal engagement. Further research is needed to understand which messages and how frequently, will maximize participation.

Indexed as

Electronic MailOral HygieneReminder SystemsBehavior TherapyData CollectionHumansInternetMouth NeoplasmsSmoking Cessation

Identifiers

PMID20841796
PMCPMC2967030
OpenAlexW1573717652

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