Using Mobile Health (mHealth) to Improve STI Treatment Adherence Among Adolescents
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: mHealth Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Basic parameters: 15 years — 21 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Leveraging Health Information Technology to Reduce Health Disparities in Adolescent Health Outcomes: A Patient-Centered Approach
Overview
We will conduct a randomized trial to compare differences in sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment adherence between patients receiving text messages versus those receiving usual care (e.g. no text messages). We hypothesize that STI treatment adherence will be 20% higher among patients randomized to receipt of two-way text messaging services.
Interventions
- Behavioral mHealth Intervention
Adolescents will receive text messages to facilitate treatment adherence
Primary outcome measures
- STI treatment adherence [Time frame: 1-21 days after prescription filling]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- STI treatment receipt [Time frame: 1-21 days after STI diagnosis]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adolescent patients seen in the Emergency Department who test positive for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or pelvic inflammatory disease and are prescribed outpatient antibiotic treatment.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients will be excluded if they are unable to understand English, are critically ill, have cognitive impairment or if they do not have access to a cellular telephone with text messaging capabilities.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04372485 · Pro0001427