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Improving Primary Care Follow-up for Patients With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

NCT01299259 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2014-10-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that text message reminders to girls diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the emergency department (ED) will improve follow-up to their primary care provider (PCP) after being discharged from the ED.

Conditions

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Text Message Reminders

Patients in the intervention group will receive text messages on their cell phones following discharge from the emergency department reminding them to make an appointment with their primary care provider. Text messages will be sent daily for 4 days after discharge from the ED.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Mollen, MD, MSCE · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Frances Balamuth, MD, PhD · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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