Automated Text Message Reminders to Promote Hearing Aid Adoption
For patients and families
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: Automated text message reminder.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Hearing Loss. Basic parameters: from 18 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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Overview
Many individuals with hearing loss do not receive adequate hearing healthcare. Only about 30 percent of people that are found to have hearing loss during a hearing test go on to use hearing aids. The investigators propose to test the use of text message reminders to educate patients with hearing loss, and to encourage them to get hearing aids. The study objective is to examine whether automated text-messaging reminders increase the use of hearing aids among patients with hearing loss, who are hearing aid candidates.
Interventions
- Behavioral Automated text message reminder
Participants in the intervention group will receive automated text messages instructing them to obtain hearing aids. The messages will also include basic information on the prevalence and negative effects of hearing loss.
Primary outcome measures
- Likelihood of obtaining hearing aids [Time frame: This outcome data will be collected 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after enrollment.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- English-speaking adult patients who have been recommended for hearing aids.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients will be excluded if they use hearing aids or cochlear implants.
- Patients without a valid cellphone number will be excluded.
- Patients with dementia will also be excluded.
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
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Stanford University — Stanford
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07170423 · 82494