Email-based Reminders Promoting Recommended Pediatric Preventative Visits

NCT05317884 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021-0106
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,186
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess, prospectively, the effect of email reminders for well-child check (WCC) visits on adherence to these visits among those who have not yet scheduled the visit. The investigators hypothesize that sending reminders will increase scheduling WCC visits, attending WCC visits, and being up to date for the child's required immunizations beyond what occurs in the absence of these reminders.

Conditions

Immunization Programs

Keywords

Pediatrics; Reminder Systems; Preventive Medicine; Child Health; Appointments and Schedules

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• WCC visit scheduled

  Binary variable of scheduling a WCC visit as established by visit type, visit reasons, and billing codes (if available)

  30-60 days from the email send date

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• WCC visit made

  30-60 days from the email send date

• Immunization status

  60 days from the email send date

Other Outcomes (6)

• Emails opened

  60 days from the email send date

• Follow-up WCC visit scheduled

  61-150 days from the email send date

• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella immunization status

  60 days from the email send date

Study Arms (2)

No Contact

NO INTERVENTION

No reminder sent

Reminder

EXPERIMENTAL

Reminder email with contact information to set an appointment will be sent 12 weeks before the appointment.

Behavioral: Reminder

Interventions

Reminder BEHAVIORAL

Email

Reminder

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Parents (or contact on record) of children aged 5, 8, 11, 14, or 17 months
• No WCC visits scheduled 30 days after the child's monthly birthday (for 5 month-olds) or 60 days (for all other ages) ahead of their due date for a WCC (i.e., month 6, 9, 12, 15, or 18)
• Has an email address on record
• Child is currently seen in Pediatric clinics under the Geisinger umbrella (has at least one prior visit)

You may not qualify if:

• Did not opt out of emails

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Geisinger Clinic: lead

Study Sites (1)

Geisinger

Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Amir Goren, PhD

  Program Director, Behavioral Insights Team

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Masking Details: The participants and providers will not know that email reminders were randomized. Participants who received an email (and their providers if they shared this email) will know that they have received an email, but it is not likely that they will know that other participants did not receive an email (and vice-versa).
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Program Director, Behavioral Insights Team

Model Details: No reminder group vs. reminder group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2022
• First Posted: April 8, 2022
• Study Start: May 16, 2022
• Primary Completion: September 13, 2022
• Study Completion: September 13, 2022
• Last Updated: November 23, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: The data will become available after publication of study results in a scientific journal and will be available as long as the Open Science Framework hosts the data.
• Access Criteria: The data on the Open Science Framework will be open to anyone requesting that information.

Locations

US (1)