Clinical Trial: Improving Primary Care Follow-up for Patients With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Improving Primary Care Follow-up for Adolescents With PID: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Text Message Reminders

Brief Summary: The investigators hypothesize that text message reminders to girls diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the emergency department (ED) will improve follow-up to their primary care provider (PCP) after being discharged from the ED.

Detailed Summary: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that patients diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) receive follow-up care within 72 hours of diagnosis. However, recent studies show that the majority of teenage girls diagnosed with PID do not receive this follow-up care within 72 hours. We hypothesize that text message reminders to girls diagnosed with PID in the emergency department (ED) will improve follow-up to their primary care provider (PCP) after being discharged from the ED.
Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Current Primary Outcome: PCP follow-up rates will be used to evaluate the efficacy of text message reminders. [ Time Frame: PCP follow-up rates will be assessed 7-14 days after discharge from the ED. ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

• Number of adolescents who accept text message reminders as an measure of feasibility and acceptability. [ Time Frame: 7-14 days after discharge from the ED ]
  The acceptability among adolescents of using text message reminders after ED discharge in adolescents treated in a pediatric ED.
• Number of adolescents satisfied with ED care between the control group and intervention group as a measure of patient satisfaction. [ Time Frame: 7-14 days after ED discharge ]
  Patient satisfaction of ED care when receiving text message reminders.
• Type of participant characteristics associated with PCP follow-up as a measure of behavior change, compliance and rate of follow-up care [ Time Frame: 7-14 days after ED discharge ]
  Patient characteristics associated with PCP follow-up
• Barriers to PCP follow-up from an ED visit to measure use of text message technology and rate of change in follow-up care between groups [ Time Frame: 7-14 days after ED visit ]
  Types of barriers encountered to PCP follow-up from an ED visit for PID care to measure rate of change in follow-up care between groups

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Dates:
Date Received: November 30, 2010
Date Started: February 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: October 27, 2014
Last Verified: October 2014