CompletedNot Applicable

Cell Phone Messaging to Improve Communication of Critical Laboratory Results to Patients in Rural Uganda

Uganda183 participantsStarted 2012-07

Plain-language summary

The investigators will study the efficacy of a novel cellular phone messaging system to communicate health information and facilitate early return to clinic after abnormal laboratory results in rural Uganda.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * HIV positive * Active in care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital HIV Clinic * Undergoing laboratory testing * Self-reported cell phone access * Agrees to participation and gives informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 * Resides outside great Mbarara area (Mbarara, Isingiro, Kyruhuura, Ibanda, or Ntungamo districts)

What they're measuring

Participants Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Within 28 Days of Abnormal Result

Timeframe: 28 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01579214

SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-12

Results submitted2017-05-05

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