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Trial Status in_development completed
Last Published March 27, 2020 03:33 PM August 27, 2021 10:49 AM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date March 24, 2020
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 1388 phone numbers
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 1412 individuals
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms 719 individuals (704 phone numbers) in control arm, 693 individuals (684 phone numbers) in treatment arm
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? Yes
Restricted Data Contact [email protected]
Program Files No
Data Collection Completion Date May 02, 2020
Is data available for public use? No
Keyword(s) Health Health
Building on Existing Work No
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Papers

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Paper Abstract While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing public screening services for diabetes and hypertension in the at-risk population. Our intervention increased screening uptake by approximately 6.6 percentage points compared to the pure control group. Among those, who received and read the messages, the effect size is 17 percentage points. The intervention appears to work through a reminder rather than a knowledge effect. We conclude that text messages can be a cheap and easily scalable tool to reduce testing gaps in a middle-income country setting.
Paper Citation Marcus, M.E., Reuter, A., Rogge, L., Vollmer, S., 2021. The Effect of SMS Reminders on Health Screening Uptake: A Randomized Experiment in Indonesia (No. 284), Discussion papers. Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth, Göttingen.
Paper URL http://hdl.handle.net/10419/237669
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Post Trial Documents

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Description Replication data and questionnaires
Citation Marcus, Maja-Emilia; Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa; Vollmer, Sebastian, 2021, "Replication data for: The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia", https://doi.org/10.25625/SE4IDP, Göttingen Research Online / Data.
Url https://doi.org/10.25625/SE4IDP
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