Protocol for an automated, pragmatic, embedded, adaptive randomised controlled trial: behavioural economics-informed mobile phone-based reminder messages to improve clinic attendance in a Botswanan school-based vision screening programme

Protocol for an automated, pragmatic, embedded, adaptive randomised controlled trial: behavioural economics-informed mobile phone-based reminder messages to improve clinic attendance in a Botswanan school-based vision screening programme

Abstract Background Clinic non-attendance rates are high across the African continent. Emerging evidence suggests that phone-based reminder messages could make a small but important contribution to reducing non-attendance. We will use behavioural economics principles to develop an SMS and voice remi...

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Main Authors: Luke N Allen, Bakgaki Ratshaa, David Macleod, Nigel Bolster, Matthew Burton, Min Kim, Andrew Bastawrous, Ari Ho-Foster, Hannah Chroston, Oathokwa Nkomazana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Behavioural economics
Reminder messages
mHealth
Health services research
Adaptive RCT
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06519-y

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