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Time to use text reminders in genitourinary medicine clinics

Cohen, C E, Coyne, K M, Mandalia, S, Waters, A-M, Sullivan, A K·2008·International Journal of STD & AIDS
DOI 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007149
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Abstract

Faced with a national 48-hour waiting time target and high non-attendance rates for booked appointments, our sexual health service sought patient preferences for appointment reminders. Questionnaires were distributed to 350 consecutive genitourinary medicine clinic attendees. Eighty-eight percent of respondents approved of appointment reminders, with text messaging being the preferred option. Automated voicemail reminders to mobile phones were acceptable to 84%. Patients would generally choose a voicemail reminder to their mobile phone as opposed to home or work phone, and this preference was more pronounced in younger patients ( P = 0.03). The majority of patients considered reminders two or three days in advance sufficient notice, with 98% owning a mobile phone. Text or voicemail reminders may significantly reduce non-attendance rates and their associated costs, improve accessibility and reduce waiting times.

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  • Several descriptive and quasi-experimental studies conclude that text message reminders are acceptable, feasible, and useful for improved treatment adherence among PLHIV in resource-constrained settings.

    “Several descriptive [19,34] and quasi-experimental studies [27,35-37] conclude that text message reminders are acceptable, feasible, and useful for improved treatment adherence among PLHIV in resource-constrained settings.”

    From mHealth for HIV Treatment & Prevention: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2013) · cites this paper as [36]

  • Several articles found that mHealth tools were helpful for managing care by improving attendance to medical appointments through text reminders and community health worker support.

    “several articles [20,31,32,35-37] found that mHealth tools were helpful for managing care by improving attendance to medical appointments, during some of which one would assume CD4 testing took place, through text reminders and community health worker support.”

    From mHealth for HIV Treatment & Prevention: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2013) · cites this paper as [36]

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  1. Department of Health., 2004, Choosing Health: White Paper on Public Health.
  2. Health Protection Agency., 2007, Waiting times for Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinics: Results from May 2007 Audit.
  3. Jones R, Menon-Johansson A, Waters AM, Mandalia S, Sullivan A. eTriage - a novel, web-based service to improve access to GUM clinics. Oral presentation O15. BASHH Conference. Blackpool, 2007.
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Authors
Cohen, C. E., Coyne, K. M., Mandalia, S., Waters, A.-M., & Sullivan, A. K.
Affiliations
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of STD & AIDS
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-01
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
12-13
ISSN
  • 0956-4624 (ISSN-L)
  • 1758-1052
DOI
10.1258/ijsa.2007.007149
OpenAlex
W1978554616
Cited by
32
References
7
Citations by year
2023: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
FWCI
3.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • International Journal of STD & AIDS (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior
Keywords
appointment reminders, text messaging, appointment non-attendance, waiting time, patient preferences, genitourinary medicine clinics, sexual health services, mobile phone ownership
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Ambulatory Care, Appointments and Schedules, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Telecommunications, Time Factors, Waiting Lists, Reminder Systems

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