Patient Adherence to Acupuncture Treatment

NCT03645083 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HS-17-00008
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 121
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Adherence to treatment recommendation remains low among acupuncture patients. This study aims to examine whether implementing a post-initial visit follow-up strategy can improve adherence rate. Adult patients visiting the acupuncture clinic for a new treatment will be randomized to receive a telephone call or a text-message three days after their initial visit against a control group. We will enroll up to 160 participants between February and December 2017, to ensure we can reach 120 subjects in the analysis who completed the baseline survey. Participants recruitment will take place at the Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine Acupuncture Clinic. Assessments will be conducted via surveys at four times points, Day 0 (date of enrollment), Day 3, Day 10 and Day 30. Additional data will also be collected via chart review. Primary outcome will be assessing whether participants return for any follow-up visit within 30 days after the initial treatment. Secondary outcomes will examine if factors such as expectations, intention, satisfaction, and potential barriers would predict the primary outcome.

Conditions

Adherence, Patient

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Attendance to follow-up treatment

  Participants attending acupuncture follow-up treatments

  Within 30 days after participants' initial visit

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Total number of follow-up treatments

  Within 30 days after participants' initial visit

Study Arms (3)

Telephone call

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive a telephone call reminder three days after their initial visit

Behavioral: Telephone call

Text message

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive a text message reminder three days after their initial visit

Behavioral: Text message

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants do not receive any intervention after their initial visit

Interventions

Telephone call BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention group receive a one-time telephone call reminder to attend follow-up treatment at the acupuncture clinic

Telephone call

Text message BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention group receive a one-time text messaging reminder to attend follow-up treatment at the acupuncture clinic

Text message

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Outside patients seeking acupuncture treatment at Emperor's College Clinic
• Age 18 and above
• English-speaking
• Starting a new treatment at the day of recruitment
• Own a mobile device
• Mobile device has text-messaging capability
• Visiting the Master's Clinic at Emperor's College

You may not qualify if:

• Emperor's College's students or staffs seeking acupuncture treatment
• Patients visiting the faculty observation theater, ear acupuncture clinic and private clinic
• Patients returning for a follow-up acupuncture visit at the day of recruitment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern California: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Compliance

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• David Black, PhD

  University of Southern California

  STUDY DIRECTOR

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: Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine

Model Details: Randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2018
• First Posted: August 24, 2018
• Study Start: February 20, 2017
• Primary Completion: August 24, 2017
• Study Completion: October 31, 2017
• Last Updated: August 24, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)