Patient Adherence to Acupuncture Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Adherence, Patient

In brief

Adherence to treatment recommendation remains low among acupuncture patients. This study aims to examine whether implementing a post-initial visit follow-up strategy can improve adherence rate. Adult patients visiting the acupuncture clinic for a new treatment will be randomized to receive a telephone call or a text-message three days after their initial visit against a control group. We will enroll up to 160 participants between February and December 2017, to ensure we can reach 120 subjects in the analysis who completed the baseline survey. Participants recruitment will take place at the Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine Acupuncture Clinic. Assessments will be conducted via surveys at four times points, Day 0 (date of enrollment), Day 3, Day 10 and Day 30. Additional data will also be collected via chart review. Primary outcome will be assessing whether participants return for any follow-up visit within 30 days after the initial treatment. Secondary outcomes will examine if factors such as expectations, intention, satisfaction, and potential barriers would predict the primary outcome.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03645083

Run by

University of Southern California

People needed

121

Starts

2017-02-20

Expected to finish

2017-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Outside patients seeking acupuncture treatment at Emperor's College Clinic
• Age 18 and above
• English-speaking
• Starting a new treatment at the day of recruitment
• Own a mobile device
• Mobile device has text-messaging capability
• Visiting the Master's Clinic at Emperor's College

You may not qualify if…

• Emperor's College's students or staffs seeking acupuncture treatment
• Patients visiting the faculty observation theater, ear acupuncture clinic and private clinic
• Patients returning for a follow-up acupuncture visit at the day of recruitment

Where it is running

• University of Southern California — Los Angeles, California, United States

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