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Self-Management Using Text Messaging in a Homeless Population

NCT03034993 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2019-05-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if an automated text message intervention is beneficial for homeless patients in reducing their hospital visits, increasing their primary care appointments, and help them increase medication adherence.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Text Messaging

Subjects will receive text messages with reminders of their upcoming outpatient health care appointments at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) clinic. The text message will indicate the time of the appointment and the location (e.g. "Remember appointment Friday March 15 at 10am in the Yawkey building"). Appointment reminder text messages will be sent 3 days ahead and again 1 day ahead of the appointment date. Medication related texts will be sent every other day and will be educational and motivational (e.g. "Keep taking medications that way the doctor prescribed them, even if feeling fine"). Mood related texts will also be sent every other day and ask about mood on a 1 to 5 scale. The participant will text back a response.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Donald K McInnes, ScD · Boston University and Department of Veterans Affairs

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-21
Primary Completion
2018-12-30
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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