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‘It's all in the message’: the utility of personalised short message service (SMS) texts to remind patients at higher risk of STIs and HIV to reattend for testing—a repeat before and after study: Table 1

Farai Nyatsanza, John McSorley, Siobhán Murphy, Gary Brook

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2015 · 33 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Sending a personalised text message with increased contact information as a reminder for retesting increased reattendance rates by 23% in patients who are at higher risk of STIs.

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