Text message reminders do not improve hepatitis B vaccination rates in an Australian sexual health setting

An article from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Text message reminders do not improve hepatitis B vaccination rates in an Australian sexual health setting

From the results posted in PubMed: "Of patients sent SMS reminders in 2009 (SMS group), 54% (130/241) received 2 doses and 24% (58/241) received 3 doses, compared to 56% (258/463) (P = 0.65) and 30% (141/463) (P = 0.07) in the pre-SMS group (2007), respectively. Findings did not change after adjusting for baseline characteristics significantly different between study groups. There were no significant differences in completion rates among people who injected drugs, HIV-negative gay and bisexual men (GBM), and HIV-positive GBM. Among sex workers, travelers, and people who reported sex overseas, second and third dose completion rates were significantly lower in the SMS group compared to the pre-SMS group. In the SMS group, 18% of those who only had one dose attended the clinic within 1-18 months and 30% of those who had 2 doses attended in 6-18 months, but vaccination was missed."

Study RegionAustralia
OrganizationUniversity of New South Wales
Issue or ProblemVaccination completion rates
Tech MediumSMS
Technology DeviceMobile phones
mFHAST ImplicationOpportunity for SMS reminders to improve vaccination completion rates
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