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Trial reportBritish journal of cancer2015

Text-message reminders increase uptake of routine breast screening appointments: a randomised controlled trial in a hard-to-reach population.

R S Kerrison, H Shukla, D Cunningham, O Oyebode, E Friedman

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in British journal of cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05395871 (Investigating the Use of Behavioural Science Informed Messages to Facilitate Attendance at Breast Cancer Screening), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT05395871 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Investigating the Use of Behavioural Science Informed Messages to Facilitate Attendance at Breast Cancer Screening

TypeinterventionalSponsorImperial College LondonRan2022 to 2023Enrolled34,047ConditionsBreast CancerArmsBehavioural Message, Behavioural Message + Video, Usual Care Message
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Authors and funding

5 authors.

R S KerrisonHealth Behaviour Research Centre, Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
H ShuklaPublic Health England, Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG, UK.
D CunninghamWest of London Breast Screening Service, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, First Floor, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK.
O OyebodeWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
E FriedmanLondon Borough of Sutton, Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a need for interventions to promote uptake of breast screening throughout Europe.

methodsWe performed a single-blind randomised controlled trial to test whether text-message reminders were effective. Two thousand two hundred and forty women receiving their first breast screening invitation were included in the study and randomly assigned in a 1 : 1 ratio to receive either a normal invitation only (n=1118) or a normal invitation plus a text-message reminder 48 h before their appointment (n=1122).

findingsIn the intention-to-treat analysis, uptake of breast screening was 59.1% among women in the normal invitation group and 64.4% in the text-message reminder group (χ(2)=6.47, odds ratio (OR): 1.26, 95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.05-1.48, P=0.01). Of the 1122 women assigned to the text-message reminder group, only 456 (41%) had a mobile number recorded by their GP and were thereby sent a text. In the per-protocol analysis, uptake by those in the control group who had a mobile number recorded on the GP system was 59.77% and by those in the intervention group who were sent a reminder 71.7% (χ(2)=14.12, OR=1.71, 95% CI=1.29-2.26, P<0.01).

interpretationSending women a text-message reminder before their first routine breast screening appointment significantly increased attendance. This information can be used to allocate resources efficiently to improve uptake without exacerbating social inequalities.

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Appointments and SchedulesReminder SystemsText MessagingBreastBreast NeoplasmsCell PhoneEarly Detection of CancerEuropeFemaleHumansIntention to Treat AnalysisMiddle AgedSingle-Blind MethodSocial Class

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