Kansas University School of Medicine-Wichita
Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States
Completed
NCT Number: NCT01396902
Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids (TRICKS) Pilot Study
As a participant in these research program you will be a parent of a child born at Wesley Medical Center who plan to use Carriage Park Pediatric Clinic for your child's care. Mobile phone text messages will be sent to remind you of your child's immunizations.
The long term research goal is to increase childhood immunization rates by improving parental health literacy through an innovative text messaging system regarding immunization schedules for children under the age of six.
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Conditions
Age range
18 year and older
Sex eligibility
All sexes
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Primary location
Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
- parent or caregiver of a well child born at Wesley Medical Center;
- planning to utilize the Carriage Park Pediatric Clinic for his/her child's medical home; (
- adult (> 18 years of age);
- present use of a mobile phone for sending and receiving text messages;
- English or Spanish speaking;
- able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
include:
- personal or religious beliefs against immunizations;
- inability to complete enrollment information.
Treatment and study plan
Standard of Care
BehavioralYou will receive an immunization handout and verbal instructions regarding your child's next apt. Your child's immuniztion records will also be checked through KSWebIZ an internet based system that tracks immunizations for kids in Kansas.
Text messaging
BehavioralYou will receive text message reminders prior to your child's two, four and six month immunization due dates. You will be asked to take part in a phone interview and your child's immuniztion records will be checked through KSWebIZ an internet based system that tracks immunizations for kids in Kansas.
Primary outcomes
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the first aim is to assess our ability to enroll at least 70% (N=90) of eligible parents in a text messaging program
Time frame: up to 1 year
This will be accomplished through recruitment of parents of newborns at Wesley Medical Center who will receive care from Carriage Park Clinic.
Secondary outcomes
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the second aim is to implement the TRICKs intervention with parents of newborns.
Time frame: up to 1 year
SMSCaster software will be assessed for its ability to send appointment reminders and to collect follow-up data from parents regarding whether immunization appointments were scheduled.
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the third aim is to collect immunization information on participant's children.
Time frame: up to 1 year
This will be accomplished using the Kansas Immunization Registry (KSWebIZ), a web-based centralized birth to death database that maintains complete, accurate, and secure immunization records for all Kansas residents.
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
University of Kansas
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Registry information
Official study title
Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids
Important dates
- Study start
- 2010
- Primary completion
- 2011
- Study completion
- 2011
- First posted
- Jul 19, 2011
- Registry last updated
- Mar 12, 2012
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