NCT04290585

Technology and Health Communication in Improving Health Outcomes in Patients Scheduled for Mammography

Text for Health: Integrating Technology and Health Communication to Improve Health Outcomes (Part 2 of 2)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fox Chase Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies how well technology and health communication works in improving health outcomes in patients scheduled for mammography screening. The Mobile Mammography Screening Program provides a vital health service and it is important that all women scheduled for an appointment show-up to be screened. Technology and health communication may help decrease no-show rates among patients scheduled for mammography screening.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To decrease the mobile mammography unit no-show rate by sending text message appointment reminders to patients. II. To assess the efficacy of the text message reminders at addressing the no-show rate by collecting satisfaction survey data from patients that received the texts and that came to their scheduled appointment. OUTLINE: Patients receive 1-2 text messages a few weeks before and 1 text message 24 hours before their mammography screening appointment. Patients also receive a phone call reminder as per standard practice.

Conditions

• Female Breast Carcinoma
• Healthy Subject

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Ancillary studies
BEHAVIORAL	Telephone-Based Intervention	Receive text message reminders

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-05
• Primary completion: 2014-10-28
• Completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2020-03-02
• Last updated: 2020-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States