Kravariti, E;
Reeve-Mates, C;
Da Gama Pires, R;
Tsakanikos, E;
Hayes, D;
Renshaw, S;
McAllister, S;
... McGuire, P; + view all
(2018)
Effectiveness of automated appointment reminders in psychosis community services: a randomised controlled trial.
BJPsych Open
, 4
(01)
pp. 15-17.
10.1192/bjo.2017.7.
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Abstract
We report on the first open-label, parallel group randomised controlled trial of automated appointment reminders in a psychosis community service in the UK. Ninety-five patients were randomly allocated to receiving/not receiving automated messaging reminders 7 days and 1 day before appointments. All ‘Attended’ and ‘Missed’ appointment outcomes over 6 months were analysed using cluster regression analysis. Reminded appointments were significantly more frequently attended than non-reminded appointments (unadjusted odds ratio (OR) = 3.54, 95% CI 1.36–9.22, P = 0.01; adjusted OR = 2.95, 95% CI 1.05–8.85, P < 0.05). Automated messaging reminders can provide a robust strategy for promoting engagement with psychosis services. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: The authors have no competing financial interests to declare in relation to the current work. Sarah McAllister was supported by a King's Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Effectiveness of automated appointment reminders in psychosis community services: a randomised controlled trial |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjo.2017.7 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055209 |
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