SMS Reminder for Forgotten Ureteral Stents

NCT01172158 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1-Dicle University
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 250
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Ureteral stents has become an indispensable instrument for urology practice as a result of widespread use of endourological interventions. Removal of stents could be sometimes neglected by patients or physicians. This omission may lead to legal and medical problems for urologists, health institutions and also for patients. In this study, the investigators offer a computer program providing two sided recall to prevent this nasty complication with sending automatic message by short message service (SMS) to both the patient and the urologist.

Conditions

Stents

Keywords

forgotten ureteral stents, SMS Reminder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• A solution for medical and legal problems arising from forgotten ureteral stents: Reminder Short Message Service (SMS)

  Primary Outcome Measure will be evaluated with; 1. Number of the patients who admitted for stent removal will be compared with the patients who did not admit. So the effectivity of the SMS sending proram will be evaluated. 2. The percentage of complication of forgotten ureteral stent will be calculated. And this rate will be compared with the previous rate of same department and the rates reported in the literature. 3. Patient satisfaction surveys 4. The time of the patients admitted. The data obtained from this study will be compared with previous data.

  five months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• SMS Reminder for Forgotten Ureteral Stents

  one year

Study Arms (1)

Forgotten ureteral stents

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Year - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

First an institutional subscription agreement was signed between our university and a mobile phone cell company which is supporting SMS sending program. In the By making software plug-in to our hospital's patient follow up program, two programs were integrated. According to this integration, after stent insertion, in case of entering the numerical code corresponding of ''ureteral stent application'' procedure during the stage of epicrisis preparation, the patient follow up system warns the official recording the epicrisis to enter the stent removal time. Patient follow up system transfers this information to SMS sending program. After several weeks of the procedure, if the stent needs to be removed, the software automatically sends a warning message to the patient and the physician.

You may qualify if:

• Patients who had ureteral stent insertion.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who did not want SMS message from us or want to give cell phone number.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dicle University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dicle University School of Medicine

Diyarbakır, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Ahmet A Sancaktutar, Asist Prof.

  Department of Urology, Dicle University School of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2010
• First Posted: July 29, 2010
• Study Start: May 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2010
• Study Completion: August 1, 2011
• Last Updated: July 29, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-07

Locations

TU (1)