Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids (TRICKS) Pilot Study

NCT01396902 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 10-018
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

As a participant in these research program you will be a parent of a child born at Wesley Medical Center who plan to use Carriage Park Pediatric Clinic for your child's care. Mobile phone text messages will be sent to remind you of your child's immunizations. The long term research goal is to increase childhood immunization rates by improving parental health literacy through an innovative text messaging system regarding immunization schedules for children under the age of six.

Conditions

Child Immunizations

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• the first aim is to assess our ability to enroll at least 70% (N=90) of eligible parents in a text messaging program

  This will be accomplished through recruitment of parents of newborns at Wesley Medical Center who will receive care from Carriage Park Clinic.

  up to 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• the second aim is to implement the TRICKs intervention with parents of newborns.

  up to 1 year

• the third aim is to collect immunization information on participant's children.

  up to 1 year

Study Arms (2)

Standard of care

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Standard of care

Text Messaging

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Text Messaging

Interventions

Standard of care BEHAVIORAL

You will receive an immunization handout and verbal instructions regarding your child's next apt. Your child's immuniztion records will also be checked through KSWebIZ an internet based system that tracks immunizations for kids in Kansas.

Standard of care

Text Messaging BEHAVIORAL

You will receive text message reminders prior to your child's two, four and six month immunization due dates. You will be asked to take part in a phone interview and your child's immuniztion records will be checked through KSWebIZ an internet based system that tracks immunizations for kids in Kansas.

Text Messaging

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• parent or caregiver of a well child born at Wesley Medical Center;
• planning to utilize the Carriage Park Pediatric Clinic for his/her child's medical home; (
• adult (\> 18 years of age);
• present use of a mobile phone for sending and receiving text messages;
• English or Spanish speaking;
• able to provide informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• personal or religious beliefs against immunizations;
• inability to complete enrollment information.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Kansas: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kansas University School of Medicine-Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ahlers-Schmidt CR, Chesser AK, Nguyen T, Brannon J, Hart TA, Williams KS, Wittler RR. Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids (TRICKs). Vaccine. 2012 Aug 3;30(36):5305-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.06.058. Epub 2012 Jun 29.

  PMID: 22750044 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Standard of Care

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Research Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 17, 2011
• First Posted: July 19, 2011
• Study Start: July 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2011
• Study Completion: December 1, 2011
• Last Updated: March 12, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-03

Locations

US (1)