Improving Primary Care Follow-up for Patients With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

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Conditions studied: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

In brief

The investigators hypothesize that text message reminders to girls diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the emergency department (ED) will improve follow-up to their primary care provider (PCP) after being discharged from the ED.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01299259

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

95

Starts

2011-02-01

Expected to finish

2014-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-10-28

Who can join

Age: 15 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Females aged 15 years and older
• New diagnosis of PID, as defined by the 2006 CDC minimum criteria for diagnosis of PID, on current ED encounter
• Determined by attending physician to be appropriate for outpatient treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Patient does not have a cell phone that is capable of receiving text messages
• Developmental disability
• Non-English speaking
• Pregnancy
• Patient who was enrolled in this study on a prior ED visit

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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