Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Oct 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialText-messaging to reduce missed appointment in a youth clinic: a randomised controlled trial.
To assess the effectiveness of text-messages in reducing the proportion of non-attendance in a youth clinic of a University Hospital. ⋯ In our primary care youth clinic, text-message reminders are not effective in reducing the proportion of missed appointments. This may in part be due to the fact that most patients are referred by a professional or by their parents and do not initiate appointments themselves.