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Text Message Study

NCT01789697 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2018-04-09

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Summary

The objectives of this double-blind, randomized, controlled study are to evaluate the efficacy of maintaining contact with low-back pain patients through text messaging and emailing, to decrease anxiety levels, pain, number of follow-up visits through text messaging and emailing, and to improve reporting of surgical site infection after spine surgery through text messaging and emailing. The outcomes that will be measured are anxiety, pain, follow-up visits and received phone calls, and reporting signs of surgical site infection. Participants will include Dr. Oren Gottfried's patients who underwent spine surgery at Duke Hospital or at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Patients will be approached after determination that the patient is going to undergo spinal surgery. All patients meeting inclusion criteria will be approached to participate irrespective of race or ethnicity. A total of 194 subjects will be recruited.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

cellular device/computers

A random group of patients will receive text messages to their cellular device from the surgeon, as well as emails to their email addresses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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