Trial reportAnnals of emergency medicine2016
Improving Adolescent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Follow-up From the Emergency Department: Randomized Controlled Trial With Text Messages.
Trial report in Annals of emergency medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Parental Management of Discharge Instructions: A Systematic Review.Pediatrics · 2017Pooled it
- Brief Motivational Intervention to Improve Adolescent Sexual Health Service Uptake: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in the Emergency Department.The Journal of pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Improving Follow-up Attendance for Discharged Emergency Care Patients Using Automated Phone System to Self-schedule: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2021Trial
- Text Message Intervention (TEACH) Improves Quality of Life and Patient Activation in Celiac Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The Journal of pediatrics · 2017Trial
- Parents' Use of Technologies for Health Management: A Health Literacy Perspective.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Nurse and Physician Stakeholder Guidance on Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection Care in a Pediatric Emergency Department.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- Beyond the emergency department: the use of mobile health discharge interventions-a scoping review.CJEM · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Challenges and Management Strategies of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Sexually Inactive Pediatric and Adolescent Patients: A Systematic Review of Case Reports.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- A qualitative assessment of adolescent perspectives on patient education in the outpatient setting.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Article
- Electronic Discharge Communication Tools Used in Pediatric Emergency Departments: Systematic Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2022Article
- Can Automated Text Messaging Successfully Monitor Antibiotic Adherence for Urban Adolescents and Young Women Managed for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Outpatient Setting.Pediatrics and neonatal nursing : open journal · 2022Article
- Using text message reminders in health care services: A narrative literature review.Internet interventions · 2018Review
- Transportation characteristics associated with non-arrivals to paediatric clinic appointments: a retrospective analysis of 51 580 scheduled visits.BMJ quality & safety · 2018Article
- Text Message Reminders Increase Appointment Adherence in a Pediatric Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of pediatrics · 2016Article
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveCenters for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommend follow-up within 72 hours of diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease because patients with inadequate treatment are at increased risk of acute and chronic complications. Follow-up rates in adolescents after diagnosis range between 10% and 16%. The primary objective is to assess the effect of text message reminders to adolescent patients receiving a diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease on obtaining follow-up care within 72 hours of emergency department (ED) discharge.
methodsThis was a single-blinded randomized controlled trial of adolescents receiving a diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease in the ED. Patients received standard discharge instructions or standard discharge instructions plus text message reminders. Patients in the text message group received daily, tailored text messages for 4 days, with a reminder to schedule and attend primary care provider follow-up. The primary outcome was follow-up within 72 hours of ED discharge.
resultsNinety-five patients (48 standard; 47 text message) were randomized. Three patients were excluded, leaving 92 patients (46 standard; 46 text message) for analysis. Baseline characteristics were similar between treatment groups. Follow-up was 15.2% in the standard group and 43.5% in the text message group. Patients receiving text message reminders were more likely to follow up compared with the standard group (relative risk 2.9; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4 to 5.7). The absolute efficacy difference was 28.3% (95% CI 9.5% to 46.9%), yielding number needed to treat of 4 (95% CI 2.2 to 9.5).
conclusionPersonalized text message reminders were efficacious in improving follow-up for adolescents after ED diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease.
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