Text Message Reminders Increase Appointment Adherence in a Pediatric Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Comparison of characteristics in outcome groups.

Factor	No-show ()	Other ()	value
Caregiver parameters
Consent from mother (%)	47 (90.4)	98 (83.8)	0.25
College education or higher (%)	17 (32.7)	53 (45.3)	0.12
Child parameters
Race, African American (%)	49 (94.2)	112 (95.7)	0.67
Gender, male (%)	26 (50.0)	52 (44.4)	0.50
Age (median, IQR)	7.6 (1.6, 23.8)	5.3 (1.6, 12.0)	0.29
Patients < 7 months old (%)	26 (50.0)	65 (55.6)	0.50
Reason for visit at study enrollment
Well visit (%)	26 (50)	61 (52.1)	0.80
Sick visit (%)	14 (26.9)	25 (21.4)	0.43
Follow-up visit (%)	12 (23.1)	31 (26.5)	0.64
Reason for visit of interest
Well visit (%)	34 (65.4)	81 (69.2)	0.62
Follow-up visit (%)	18 (34.6)	34 (29.1)	0.47
Intervention
Text message (%)	20 (38.5)	65 (55.6)	0.04

⁢, cancelled, or rescheduled.