Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: A clinical trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 569, 2009, Pages 916-920

  Liew, Su May ^a   Tong, Seng Fah ^b   Lee, Verna Kar Mun ^c   Ng, Chirk Jenn ^a   Leong, Kwok Chi ^d   Teng, Cheong Lieng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Non attendance; Primary health care; Randomised controlled trial (RCT); Reminder systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING;

CELLULAR PHONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 72049129929     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X472250     Document Type: Article

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