Text-message reminders increase uptake of routine breast screening appointments: a randomised controlled trial in a hard-to-reach population.
Br J Cancer
; 112(6): 1005-10, 2015 Mar 17.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is a need for interventions to promote uptake of breast screening throughout Europe.METHODS:
We performed a single-blind randomised controlled trial to test whether text-message reminders were effective. Two thousand two hundred and forty women receiving their first breast screening invitation were included in the study and randomly assigned in a 1 1 ratio to receive either a normal invitation only (n=1118) or a normal invitation plus a text-message reminder 48 h before their appointment (n=1122).FINDINGS:
In the intention-to-treat analysis, uptake of breast screening was 59.1% among women in the normal invitation group and 64.4% in the text-message reminder group (χ(2)=6.47, odds ratio (OR) 1.26, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.05-1.48, P=0.01). Of the 1122 women assigned to the text-message reminder group, only 456 (41%) had a mobile number recorded by their GP and were thereby sent a text. In the per-protocol analysis, uptake by those in the control group who had a mobile number recorded on the GP system was 59.77% and by those in the intervention group who were sent a reminder 71.7% (χ(2)=14.12, OR=1.71, 95% CI=1.29-2.26, P<0.01).INTERPRETATION:
Sending women a text-message reminder before their first routine breast screening appointment significantly increased attendance. This information can be used to allocate resources efficiently to improve uptake without exacerbating social inequalities.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Agendamento de Consultas
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Mama
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Sistemas de Alerta
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Envio de Mensagens de Texto
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Cancer
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido