Effect of SMS Reminder and Free Eye Drops on Follow-up Adherence After Trabeculectomy Surgery in Rural China

Glaucoma Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trail to Determine the Impact of a SMS Reminder Associated With Free Eye Drops on Follow-up Adherence After Trabeculectomy Surgery in Rural China

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02328456
• Other study ID #: ZOC-CREST-COMPLIANCE-GLAUCOMA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 23, 2014
• Last updated: April 14, 2016
• Start date: December 2014
• Est. completion date: November 2015

Study information

• Verified date: April 2016
• Source: Sun Yat-sen University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: China: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to use a randomized controlled design to determine the impact of a SMS messaging associated with free eye drops intervention on the following outcomes among patients after trabeculectomy surgery in rural China.

Description:

SMS message reminder is a system which can sent re-visit information to remind the patient about the revisit time and address. The investigators can use the SMS system to find out if it is a useful to reduce the not-attended rate of the revisit appointment among the rural patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 209
• Est. completion date: November 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the patients after trabeculectomy surgery in 4 cooperated rural hospitals

Exclusion Criteria:

• Both the patient and his/her caretakers don't have cellphone or the one who has cellphone but don't know how to use the SMS function.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adherence
• Glaucoma

Intervention

Other:
• SMS and free eye drops
The SMS reminder message will sent to the SMS associated with free eye drops group patients 1 week and 1 day before there appointment to remind them the exact time and address of the revisit appointment.The eye drops will be offered free to the the SMS associated with free eye drops group patients when they revisit on time.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Blindness Preventment and Treatment Department	Guangzhou	Guangdong

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Congdon Nathan	Orbis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Not-attended rate	Compare the SMS and free eye drops patient not-attend rate with the control group to show the impact of SMS reminder associated with free eye drops on the adherence with scheduled follow-up visit	up to 1 year	No
Secondary	Knowledge and Attitudes about glaucoma, glaucoma surgery and importance of follow-up using a questionnaire	Using a questionnaire to compare Knowledge and Attitude between the SMS associated with free eye drops group and the control group	up to 1 year	No
Secondary	Additional factors potentially associated with post-operative follow-up using a patient questionnaire	Using a patient questionnaire to compare between the SMS associated with free eye drops group and the control group	up to 1 year	No