Text-message reminders increase uptake of routine breast screening appointments: A randomised controlled trial in a hard-to-reach population

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1005-1010

  Kerrison, R S ^a   Shukla, H ^b   Cunningham, D ^c   Oyebode, O ^d   Friedman, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e London Borough of Sutton   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; reminders; screening; social inequality; text messages; uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEXT MESSAGING; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REMINDER SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PHONES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84925302498     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.36     Document Type: Article

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