Effectiveness of a short message reminder in increasing compliance with pediatric cataract treatment: A randomized trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2463-2470

  Lin, Haotian ^a   Chen, Weirong ^a   Luo, Lixia ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Zhong, Xiaojian ^a   Liu, Zhaochuan ^a   Chen, Wan ^a   Wu, Changrui ^a   Zheng, Danying ^a   Deng, Daming ^a   Ye, Shaobi ^a   Lin, Zhuoling ^a   Zou, Xia ^b   Liu, Yizhi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE REMINDER; SPECTACLES;

ADOLESCENT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CAPSULE OPACIFICATION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84870704375     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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