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Comparison of an SMS text messaging and phone reminder to improve attendance at a health promotion center: A randomized controlled trial
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of a short messaging service (SMS) text messaging and phone reminder to improve attendance rates at a health promotion center. METHODS: A 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. RESULTS: A 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). CONCLUSION: SMS 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.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chen, Z.-W., Fang, L.-Z., Chen, L.-Y., & Dai, H.-L.
- Affiliations
- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (CN)
- Venue
- Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B
- Publisher
- Zhejiang University Press
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 34-38
- ISSN
- 1673-1581 (ISSN-L)
- 1862-1783
- PMC
- PMC2170466
- OpenAlex
- W2094610961
- Semantic Scholar
- e7bbba1a0242df96f5613e7b941f848cd64922a4
- Cited by
- 231
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 18.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior
- Keywords
- safety management systems, telephone reminders, appointment attendance, health promotion centers, cost-effectiveness
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Compliance, Telephone, Reminder Systems
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