Effect of Mobile Communication on Childhood Cataract Follow-up Adherence

NCT01417819 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: CCPMOH2010-China1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 258
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Rigorous and regular follow-up is essential to successful management of childhood cataract, but it is often ignored by parents and especially difficult to be delivered in China, such an average-medical-resource-limited country. Health programmes that use mobile communication technologies are emerging with the aim of strengthening health systems. The investigators aimed to assess whether mobile phone short message service (SMS) for parents of cataract children involved in the Childhood Cataract Program of Ministry of Health of China (CCPMOH) improved follow-up adherence and detection rate of the timing of surgery, postoperative complications and necessary replacement of glasses.

Conditions

Cataract

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• follow-up adherence

  Follow-up adherence included the rates of attendance, non-attendance, and rates of several categories of attrition (withdrawal from the study, transfer to non-study clinics, and loss to follow-up without identifiable cause).

  up to 24 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• necessary management rates

  up to 24 weeks

Study Arms (1)

SMS reminder

OTHER

SMS reminders four days and one day before their appointments

Other: Mobile short message service

Interventions

Mobile short message service OTHER

Mobile short message service reminder for appointments of parents of cataract children

Also known as: Fetion, China Mobile

SMS reminder

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• If the children were identified with congenital or development cataract before or after surgery, without other ocular abnormality
• Parents were able to access a mobile phone on a near-daily basis and communicate via short message service (SMS).
• Have signed a consent form
• Can be followed

You may not qualify if:

• Children not identified with congenital or development cataract
• Parents without ownership of mobile phone
• Have not signed consent form
• Be not able to be followed

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sun Yat-sen University: lead
• Ministry of Health, China: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen U

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China

Location

Related Publications (8)

• You C, Wu X, Zhang Y, Dai Y, Huang Y, Xie L. Visual impairment and delay in presentation for surgery in chinese pediatric patients with cataract. Ophthalmology. 2011 Jan;118(1):17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.04.014. Epub 2010 Aug 14.

  PMID: 20709402 BACKGROUND

• Chak M, Wade A, Rahi JS; British Congenital Cataract Interest Group. Long-term visual acuity and its predictors after surgery for congenital cataract: findings of the British congenital cataract study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Oct;47(10):4262-9. doi: 10.1167/iovs.05-1160.

  PMID: 17003414 BACKGROUND

• Rider EA, Volkan K, Hafler JP. Pediatric residents' perceptions of communication competencies: Implications for teaching. Med Teach. 2008;30(7):e208-17. doi: 10.1080/01421590802208842.

  PMID: 18777421 BACKGROUND

• Padma TV. Developing solutions. Nature. 2010 Jul 15;466(7304):S16-7. doi: 10.1038/nature09242. No abstract available.

  PMID: 20631698 BACKGROUND

• Krishna S, Boren SA, Balas EA. Healthcare via cell phones: a systematic review. Telemed J E Health. 2009 Apr;15(3):231-40. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0099.

  PMID: 19382860 BACKGROUND

• Fjeldsoe BS, Marshall AL, Miller YD. Behavior change interventions delivered by mobile telephone short-message service. Am J Prev Med. 2009 Feb;36(2):165-73. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.09.040.

  PMID: 19135907 BACKGROUND

• Lester RT, Ritvo P, Mills EJ, Kariri A, Karanja S, Chung MH, Jack W, Habyarimana J, Sadatsafavi M, Najafzadeh M, Marra CA, Estambale B, Ngugi E, Ball TB, Thabane L, Gelmon LJ, Kimani J, Ackers M, Plummer FA. Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial. Lancet. 2010 Nov 27;376(9755):1838-45. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61997-6. Epub 2010 Nov 9.

  PMID: 21071074 BACKGROUND

• Lin H, Chen W, Luo L, Congdon N, Zhang X, Zhong X, Liu Z, Chen W, Wu C, Zheng D, Deng D, Ye S, Lin Z, Zou X, Liu Y. Effectiveness of a short message reminder in increasing compliance with pediatric cataract treatment: a randomized trial. Ophthalmology. 2012 Dec;119(12):2463-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.06.046. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

  PMID: 22921386 DERIVED

Related Links

• Home page of ZHONGSHANG OPHTHALMIC CENTER
• Home of Cataract Children

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cataract

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lens Diseases; Eye Diseases

Study Officials

• Haotian Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

  Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Yizhi Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

  Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Weirong Cheng, M.D.

  Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Home for Cataract Children, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2011
• First Posted: August 16, 2011
• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2011
• Study Completion: August 1, 2011
• Last Updated: August 30, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-08

Locations

CN (1)