{"id":3848,"date":"2023-01-16T06:38:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T06:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/?post_type=abstract&p=3848"},"modified":"2023-01-16T06:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T06:38:55","slug":"effectiveness-of-sms-reminders-on-improving-follow-up-rate-of-hypertensive-patients-during-covid-19-pandemic-an-interim-analysis-of-randomized-controlled-trial","status":"publish","type":"abstract","link":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/abstract\/effectiveness-of-sms-reminders-on-improving-follow-up-rate-of-hypertensive-patients-during-covid-19-pandemic-an-interim-analysis-of-randomized-controlled-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Effectiveness of SMS Reminders on Improving Follow-Up Rate of Hypertensive Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interim Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Effectiveness of SMS Reminders on Improving Follow-Up Rate of Hypertensive Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interim Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial<\/h2><\/div>

Mel Christian D. Royo, MD and Richard Andrew Kevin P. Camacho, MD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Background<\/strong>: Non-communicable diseases are a challenge to manage, more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. SMS-text messaging can be part of the solution, although more studies are needed.<\/p>\n

Objective<\/strong>: Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of sending SMS reminders on different time intervals from the scheduled follow-up among hypertensive patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Methods<\/strong>: This is an interim analysis using a multi-clinic, three-armed, blinded, randomized controlled trial. 65 participants from two primary care facilities were recruited. Group A and B were sent SMS reminders three days and one day prior to their follow up appointment, respectively. Participants randomized to group C were not sent SMS reminders. Primary outcome measured was the difference between the follow-up rates of the three study arms. Intention to treat analysis was done.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong>: Follow-up rates for groups A, B, and C were 23.81%, 6.25%, and 19.05% respectively. Compared to the control group, participants in group A were likely to follow-up, while group B were less likely to follow-up (RR= 0.94 and 1.16 respectively). Comparing the two treatment arms, group A showed 19% risk reduction in non-attendance compared to group B (RR=0.81). The researchers failed to demonstrate statistical significance (p = 0.361024) between the three study arms.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong>: This interim analysis shows a possible benefit of sending SMS reminders three days before scheduled follow-up. More robust conclusion can be made once more participants are added to the study. Longer time interval for sending SMS reminders, longer follow-up schedule, and broader inclusion criteria are recommended for future studies.<\/p>\n

Key words<\/strong>: Short messaging service (SMS), hypertension, follow-up rate<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,24],"tags":[16,38,27,39],"class_list":["post-3848","abstract","type-abstract","status-publish","hentry","category-abstract","category-abstract-2022-volume-60-issue-2","tag-abstract","tag-follow-up-rate","tag-hypertension","tag-short-messaging-service-sms"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/3848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/abstract"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/3848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3850,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/3848\/revisions\/3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}