The purpose of the study is to use a randomized controlled design to determine the impact of a SMS messaging associated with free eye drops intervention on the following outcomes among patients after trabeculectomy surgery in rural China.
SMS message reminder is a system which can sent re-visit information to remind the patient about the revisit time and address. The investigators can use the SMS system to find out if it is a useful to reduce the not-attended rate of the revisit appointment among the rural patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
209
The SMS reminder message will sent to the SMS associated with free eye drops group patients 1 week and 1 day before there appointment to remind them the exact time and address of the revisit appointment.The eye drops will be offered free to the the SMS associated with free eye drops group patients when they revisit on time.
Blindness Preventment and Treatment Department
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Not-attended rate
Compare the SMS and free eye drops patient not-attend rate with the control group to show the impact of SMS reminder associated with free eye drops on the adherence with scheduled follow-up visit
Time frame: up to 1 year
Knowledge and Attitudes about glaucoma, glaucoma surgery and importance of follow-up using a questionnaire
Using a questionnaire to compare Knowledge and Attitude between the SMS associated with free eye drops group and the control group
Time frame: up to 1 year
Additional factors potentially associated with post-operative follow-up using a patient questionnaire
Using a patient questionnaire to compare between the SMS associated with free eye drops group and the control group
Time frame: up to 1 year
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