Table 1.
Factor | No-show (n = 52) | Other ∗ (n = 117) | p value |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Intervention | |||
Text message (%) | 20 (38.5) | 65 (55.6) | 0.04 |
∗Show, cancelled, or rescheduled.