Can Text Reminders Improve Uptake of Cervical Screening?

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Brief Title

Can Text Reminders Improve Uptake of Cervical Screening?

Official Title

Can Text Reminders Improve Uptake of Cervical Screening? A RCT.

Brief Summary

      Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35 years and is a major public
      health concern. Fortunately, the natural history of this malignancy can be beneficially
      improved through cytological screening. However, the success of screening programmes depends
      on their ability to attract the "at risk" population, as well as the analytical sensitivity
      and specificity of the screening test. In the UK, screening consistently falls short of the
      80% national target and recent evidence shows uptake is decreasing, in part due to the
      introduction of HPV vaccination programmes. In the under 30s London population, average
      coverage only reached 50% in 2013. Given this information, the cervical screening programme
      is under increasing pressure to improve uptake, and need an evidence based intervention.

      We aim to improve the uptake of cervical screening using SMS messaging through a randomised
      controlled trial. The trail will evaluate both the prevalent and incident rounds of screening
      and within the intervention group, analyse how the content of text reminders influences their
      effectiveness. Specifically we will evaluate a) neutral b) messenger c) social norms d)
      framed gain/loss reminders. Unlike our previous trial, this SMS reminder will encourage the
      booking of an appointment which has never been tested, rather than simply reminding women to
      attend. All women being invited for cervical screening, registered at participating GPs
      within Hillingdon will be eligible to participate. Women will also be provided with a 2 week
      window during which they can opt out of the research. Given the sample sizes we predict the
      trial will take 9 months.
    

Detailed Description

      In Hillingdon specifically, where this randomised controlled trial (RCT) will be set, the
      uptake of the prevalent population of women (24-29 years as a proxy), was only 35% in 2012,
      whilst the incident population (30-64years as a proxy) was slightly higher at 51% (HSCIC2,
      2013).

      One strategy which healthcare has previously employed to improve uptake of both screening and
      routine appointments is the use of SMS or "text message" reminders. Standard reminders have
      often been used in healthcare and act as "primers", prompting people to make healthier
      choices (Blumenthal-Barby & Burroughs, 2012). They also serve to reduce the practical
      barriers preventing women from attending i.e. failure to book or remember the time/location
      of the appointment. Previous research investigating the effectiveness of appointment
      reminders demonstrated that both telephone and postal reminders, although at times effective,
      were often impractical, unsustainable, and/or unaffordable (Gurol-Urganci et al, 2013, Perron
      et al, 2013).

      SMS interventions have been effective at improving medication adherence, disease management
      and smoking cessation (Krishna et al, 2013; Abroms et al, 2014). They have also proven
      effective at reducing "Do Not Attends" (DNAs) within healthcare, estimated to cost the NHS
      £600 million per year in wasted time and resources (Dr Foster Research, 2009). SMS reminders
      were also found to be very successful at increasing the attendance of breast screening
      appointments, increasing the uptake by 17% compared to usual care (Kerrison et al, 2013). As
      well as improving attendance, SMS reminders have also proved effective at reducing costs,
      increasing the efficiency of clinics, enabling more effective booking, reducing mismatches
      between demand and capacity, and generally helping to increase productivity within
      healthcare.

      SMS interventions have many benefits over alternative mediums. Firstly an SMS is cheap,
      roughly 3p per text whilst a letter can cost 10 times that. SMS is also capable of reaching
      the recipient wherever they are whilst letters can only be delivered to recipients last known
      address. This is particularly important, as people are more likely to retain their mobile
      numbers nowadays even if they change address, especially in London where the population is
      notoriously mobile. Mobile phone use is also ubiquitous in the UK, with a recent report
      estimating that over 99% of adults in London owned a mobile phone in 2013 (Ofcom, 2013).
      Another advantage of SMS is that there is evidence that people increasingly use electronic
      day planners and therefore a message direct to a person's phone encourages people to promptly
      record appointments and even allowing them to set alarms creating their own reminder. SMS
      interventions would therefore be as wide reaching as a postal intervention (if not more so)
      at a fraction of the cost and with greater accuracy.

      Although previous evidence provides a sound rationale that SMS interventions have great
      potential for cervical screening, there is still a considerable amount of information
      required in order to introduce this intervention as standard practice.

      The research also aims to evaluate whether minor differences in wording affect women's
      response to these messages. This idea stems from "Nudge" theory, a form of Libertarian
      Paternalism or "Asymmetric Paternalism" (Thaler and Sunstein, 2003). This concept is derived
      from a mix of cognitive psychology and behavioural science which is based on the principal
      that humans, due to a lack of information, experience, cognitive ability and self-control,
      often fail to act in a way that promotes their own welfare (Sunstein and Thaler, 2003).
      Libertarian paternalisms therefore encourages individuals to act in their, and/or societies,
      best interests whilst maintaining freedom of choice (Aggarwal et al 2014). Although the use
      of "nudge" has been viewed as controversial within healthcare by some, this study has
      justified its use by avoiding any form of coercion, and making it clear that this text is
      simply a reminder of the normal invitation process.

      There is mounting evidence demonstrating that even small changes in the content and framing
      heavily influences people decisions (Haynes et al, 2013; Hallsworth et al, 2014). Whether the
      positive effects of small wording changes or "nudging" is reflected in women's attitudes
      towards cervical screening programs has yet to be evaluated. This information will be crucial
      in order to maximise efficiency of this intervention and knowledge gained could be applied to
      similar interventions in healthcare making them more cost effective. We also hope to evaluate
      whether people with different levels of deprivation respond differently to the different
      messages. This is hugely important, as tailoring the message to the population is crucial to
      improving the efficiency of the intervention and to reduce health inequalities within London.

      In light of this evidence we have chosen seven different text message options, all of which
      have according to research great potential to improve the uptake of screening. These include
      a control of no text message, a neutral reminder and five reminders with behavioural messages
      to prompt uptake. The intervention arms according to research have great potential to improve
      the uptake of screening. It is well established that reducing the effort required to perform
      an action increases the likelihood of follow-through (Leventhal et al, 1965).

      All text messages begin with the test message, followed by a standard reminder message that
      is constant across the messages and the participants GP practice phone number.

      The chosen messages are no text message, a neutral message; a messenger; two social norms; a
      gain frame and a loss frame highlighting the benefits of cervical screening.

      Neutral Reminder

      The neutral message will not "nudge" but simply remind the woman to book a cervical screening
      appointment, acting as a direct reminder of the letter invitation sent out as normal
      practice. It will act as a control for the other types of message.

      "Your cervical smear test is due. To book please call "

      Messenger Reminder

      Some evidence suggests that people respond better to invitations from their personal practice
      rather than a centralised NHS organisation (Segan et al, 1998; Arbyn et al, 2010). This is
      especially true of young women, immigrants, urban residents and those with low socioeconomic
      status, which are key demographics we hope to improve uptake in through this intervention
      (Bosgraaf et al, 2013).

      ": Your cervical smear test is due. To book please call "

      Social Norms Messages

      Social norms messages focus on the principal that people have a tendency to overestimate the
      extent to which their peers perform acts, causing themselves or others harm. Evidence
      suggests educating people about the actual degree to which people perform these acts can
      alter behaviour (Perkins et al, 2002). This theory, combined with the fact that people are
      strongly influenced by comparison to what others do will hopefully prompt women to take up
      the offer of cervical screening. We have also chosen to use a local statistics as
      personalised messages have a greater influence as they increase the relevance of the message
      to the women (Institute for government: Cabinet Office, 2010)

        1. Social Norms (local, proportion) reminder:

           "Last year in Hillingdon 7 out of 10 women took part in cervical screening. Your
           cervical smear test is due. To book please call "

        2. Social Norms (local, total number) reminder:

      "Last year 12000 women in Hillingdon took part in cervical screening. Your cervical smear
      test is due. To book please call "

      Gain and Loss Frame Messages

      The role gain and loss frame messengers to encourage uptake of good health behaviour is not
      entirely clear. Some evidence points to humans having "have a stronger aversion to losses
      than we do affinity to gains" therefore highlighting losses may have a greater impact
      (Blumenthal-Barby & Burroughs, 2012). On the other hand a meta-analysis found that gain frame
      was more likely to be effective in changing prevention behaviour. (Gallagher, 2001). To
      evaluate this further a gain and loss frame message were included above. Statistics included
      in these messages were taken from (Peto, 2004) and correlate to widely used statistics on
      cancerscreening.nhs.uk to maintain consistency with other information women might be seeing.

        1. Gain frame

           "Cervical cancer screening saves 4500 lives in England every year. Your cervical smear
           test is due. To book please call "

        2. Loss frame

      "Failing to attend cervical screening could lead to 4500 avoidable deaths in England each
      year. Your cervical smear test is due. To book please call "

      POTENTIAL ETHICAL ISSUES

      The main ethical issue is that in order to analyse the data, the researcher will need to
      access minimal amounts of patient data. The researcher will specifically need to access a
      list of women in Hillingdon who are sent an invitation to cervical screening on a weekly
      basis, if they are registered with a consenting GP. All participating GPs (which to date
      include over 85% of those approached for the trial) have consented to share relevant data
      with the research team and are happy with the safeguards put in place to protect
      confidentiality. These include NHS secure emails, password protection on all patient data,
      anonymisation of data (identifiable by NHS number only) and strict adherence to all NHS
      information governance regulations.

      On this list, each participant will be identified by their NHS number, and this will be the
      only unique identifier. The researcher will also need information about their age (not date
      of birth), participants "attended/not attended status" at the end of the 18 week follow up
      period and the GP practice code, to ensure we only include women registered with consenting
      GPs. We would also like to access the second half of participants' postcode to allow for a
      basic deprivation analysis.

      Before accessing this information we will offer women the option to opt out of the research
      and therefore not share this data or receive a text message reminder. This will be achieved
      by the cervical screening (call-recall) team adding an insert on behalf of the GP, into the
      screening invitation letter to all eligible women. This insert will provide informed consent
      slip and contact details of the researcher if women would like further information. They will
      have 2 weeks to respond and be removed from the study.

      As an extension of this research, the trial will also investigate how variations in the
      wording of the text messages affect uptake. This wording has been carefully selected with the
      guidance of the NHS Cervical Screening Program (NHSCSP) as well as Public Health England
      psychology experts and any data within the text messages is up to date and sourced from the
      NHSCS.
    


Study Type

Interventional


Primary Outcome

Intention to treat analysis

Secondary Outcome

 Attendance by age (control vs interventions)

Condition

Cervical Carcinoma

Intervention

Neutral text message reminder

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

 No intervention, 24-29 years
Description:  No intervention, group 24-29 years. Women will receive the written invitation to screening only

Publications

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information


Recruitment Status

Other

Estimated Enrollment

14597

Start Date

February 2015

Completion Date

February 2016

Primary Completion Date

February 2016

Eligibility Criteria

        Inclusion Criteria:

        Women aged 24-64 years being invited for cervical screening during the course of the study.
        Women included in the study will be registered with a GP Practice that has agreed to
        participate in the trial.

        Exclusion Criteria:

        Patients who opt-out, Patients who have had a hysterectomy, Patients who have informed GP
        practices of preference to not be screened, Patients Cervical cancer
      

Gender

Female

Ages

24 Years - 64 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts

Deborah Cunningham, , 

Location Countries

United Kingdom

Location Countries

United Kingdom

Administrative Informations


NCT ID

NCT02363088

Organization ID

14IC2120


Responsible Party

Sponsor-Investigator

Study Sponsor

Sarah Huf


Study Sponsor

Deborah Cunningham, Study Director, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust


Verification Date

October 2018