Text messaging reminders to reduce non-attendance in chronic disease follow-up: a clinical trial
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2009
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Cellular Phone, Chronic Disease/therapy
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
British Journal of General Practice
Volume
59
Issue
569
Publisher
Royal College of General Practitioners
Additional Information
Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
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