NCT03697083

Reminders Through Association & Prescription Adherence

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 777 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop behavioral interventions that provide effective tools that policy makers can use to help individuals avoid forgetting to follow-through on important behaviors and for individuals to use to help themselves. In the investigators past research, they have shown that reminders through association work in the lab setting. The investigators seek to understand how this strategy can work in the field, especially when people are trying to fulfill a health outcome.

Detailed description

Participants enter an online survey where they are asked to confirm that they plan to pick up a prescription, state what day they plan to pick up their prescription, and indicate the type of location where the prescription will be picked up (e.g., pharmacy, hospital, doctors office, etc.). Participants are asked to participate in a prescription reminder program in which they will receive up to eight text messages from the researchers and send up to three text messages to the researchers. Participants are then quizzed about the reminder program to ensure they understand what they are signing up for. Participants are further told that if they follow the directions outlined in the program they will be compensated for participating in this survey via their phone number. Participants who wish to enroll in the reminder program will initiate the text messaging by texting "STARTXXXX" to number provided. This validates that the participants received the message, have the capacity to text, and are willing to text. Participants are then randomly assigned to one of three conditions. In the treatment condition, participants will be prompted to think of a reminder cue that will help them remember to pick up the prescription. In the active control condition, participants will be asked to think about where they will store their prescription. Participants in the baseline control condition will simply be thanked for enrolling. Participants in the treatment and active control conditions then receive a series of text messages prior to the scheduled pick up date reminding them to pick up their medication. In addition, the text message will prompt participants to text a picture of their prescription receipt to validate that they followed-through on their behavior. If participants text us a picture of their receipt that follows the guidelines outlined in the survey, participants are compensated.

Conditions

• Medication Adherence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Reminders Through Association	Participants receive 8 text messages asking them to think of a reminder cue that will help them remember to pick up the prescription and use the cue.
OTHER	Active Control	Participants receive 8 text messages asking them to think of where they plan to store their medication once they pick it up and to think about that location on their intended date of pickup.
OTHER	Baseline Control	Participants receive 1 text message thanking participants for enrolling in the reminder program. Participants are not contacted further.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-14
• Primary completion: 2018-09-21
• Completion: 2018-09-21
• First posted: 2018-10-05
• Last updated: 2019-08-06
• Results posted: 2019-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States