Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial
Text messaging was found to be as effective as telephone reminder in reducing non-attendance in patients who required long-term follow-up for their chronic illnesses in this study. It could be used as an alternative to conventional reminder systems.
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| author | Liew, Su May Tong, Seng Fah Lee, Verna Kar Mun Ng, Chirk Jenn Leong, Kwok Chi Teng, Cheong Lieng |
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| description | Text messaging was found to be as effective as telephone reminder in reducing non-attendance in patients who required long-term follow-up for their chronic illnesses in this study. It could be used as an alternative to conventional reminder systems. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-11482019-08-02T05:22:26Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1148/ Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial Liew, Su May Tong, Seng Fah Lee, Verna Kar Mun Ng, Chirk Jenn Leong, Kwok Chi Teng, Cheong Lieng Medical technology Text messaging was found to be as effective as telephone reminder in reducing non-attendance in patients who required long-term follow-up for their chronic illnesses in this study. It could be used as an alternative to conventional reminder systems. Royal College of General Practitioners 2009-12 Article PeerReviewed Liew, Su May and Tong, Seng Fah and Lee, Verna Kar Mun and Ng, Chirk Jenn and Leong, Kwok Chi and Teng, Cheong Lieng (2009) Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial. British Journal of General Practice, 59 (569). pp. 916-920. ISSN 0960-1643, DOI https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp09X472250 <https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp09X472250>. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp09X472250 doi:10.3399/bjgp09X472250 |
| spellingShingle | Medical technology Liew, Su May Tong, Seng Fah Lee, Verna Kar Mun Ng, Chirk Jenn Leong, Kwok Chi Teng, Cheong Lieng Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial |
| title | Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial |
| title_full | Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial |
| title_fullStr | Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial |
| title_short | Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial |
| title_sort | text messaging reminders to reduce non attendance in chronic disease follow up a clinical trial |
| topic | Medical technology |
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