This article examines the effectiveness of using different kinds of written reminders to reduce misdemeanor defendants’ failure-to-appear (FTA) rates. A subset of defendants was surveyed after their scheduled court date to assess their perceptions of procedural justice and trust and confidence in the courts. Reminders reduced FTA overall, and more substantive reminders (e.g., with information o...

There is a general need for spacecraft systems to make use of advances in analog to digital (ADC) and digital to analog (DAC) technologies. In particular, imaging systems such as star trackers and remote sensing instruments require 14,16, or more bits ADCs that have low power consumption, fast conversion rates (>1 MSPS) and good radiation tolerances. Because ADC and DAC have both analog and dig...

Objective. To test if appointment reminders blinded to immunization status improve kept-appointment and vaccination coverage rates. Design. Controlled trial. Setting. Pediatric clinic serving a low-income community in New York City. Intervention. Children ages 4 through 18 months (n 5 1273) scheduled sequentially for clinic appointments were systematically assigned to 1 of 4 study groups: contr...

This paper explores the potential of personalising health reminders to melanoma patients based on their personality (high vs low conscientiousness). We describe a study where we presented participants with a scenario with a fictional patient who has not performed a skin check for recurrent melanoma. The patient was described as either very conscientious, or very unconscientious. We asked partic...

USA [1] 8 Voice To evaluate the practicality and acceptability of using cell phone reminders to improve HAART adherence in HIV-infected adolescents Cell phone reminders were practical and acceptable to pilot study participants. A 12-week intervention was not adequate for most subjects. Ireland [2] SMS To audit non-attendance rates at ENT outpatient clinics following the introduction of a text r...

We develop and test a simple model of limited attention in intertemporal choice. The model posits that individuals fully attend to consumption in all periods but fail to attend to some future lumpy expenditure opportunities. This asymmetry generates some predictions that overlap with models of present-bias. Our model also generates the unique predictions that reminders may increase saving, and ...

OBJECTIVE There is limited evidence on whether growing mobile phone availability in sub-Saharan Africa can be used to promote high adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study tested the efficacy of short message service (SMS) reminders on adherence to ART among patients attending a rural clinic in Kenya. DESIGN A randomized controlled trial of four SMS reminder interventions with 48...

Nonadherence to treatment is a worldwide problem among people with severe mental disorders. Patient treatment adherence may be supported with simple reminding methods e.g. text message reminders. However, there is limited evidence of its benefits. Intervention evaluation is essential in mHealth research. Therefore, this evaluative study was conducted. This study aimed to evaluate text message r...

Background The main goal of physical therapy is to help the patient gain a better health status. Several studies have investigated the use of reminders to prevent such failures on the patients' side. This article presents a systematic review of the literature concerning reminders in physical therapy. Methods Databases were searched until May 2017 and literatures were found from April 1992 unt...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The study aimed to consider the impact of two different types of reminder on response rates and costs in a postal survey. DESIGN The study was a cross sectional survey. A self-completion lifestyle questionnaire was used. Those who did not respond after the initial mailing were randomly allocated to receive either a postcard or questionnaire as a first reminder. All outstanding...