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Text message reminders for Pediatric Health

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Led By Katherine Poehling, MD
Research Sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6 weeks after missed well child visit
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Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether a text message reminder system can improve attendance at well child visits.

Eligible Conditions
  • Pediatric Health
  • Texting

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 weeks after missed well child visit
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 weeks after missed well child visit for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Number of completed (rescheduled) well child visits
Number of rescheduled well child visits
Secondary outcome measures
Number of child patient emergency department visits
Number of child patient hospitalizations

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: ReminderExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will be sent a text message reminder of their missed well-child visit.
Group II: Treatment as usualActive Control1 Intervention
This group will receive treatment as usual, which involves no text messaging follow-up.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Wake Forest University Health SciencesLead Sponsor
1,243 Previous Clinical Trials
1,003,987 Total Patients Enrolled
Katherine Poehling, MDPrincipal InvestigatorWake Forest University Health Sciences
1 Previous Clinical Trials
500 Total Patients Enrolled

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