# Using Behavioral Economics to Enhance Appointment Reminders and Reduce Missed Visits

> **NCT03850431** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 34516 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Appointment Reminders

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Social Norms + Behavioral Instructions
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Caring + Consequences for Others + Behavioral Instructions
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Caring + Consequences for Self + Behavioral Instructions
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Caring + Consequences for Others + Consequences for Self + Social Norms + Behavioral Instructions

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03850431
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2019-12-17
- **Primary completion:** 2021-10-14
- **Final completion:** 2021-10-14
- **Target enrollment:** 34516 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-19

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03850431

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03850431, "Using Behavioral Economics to Enhance Appointment Reminders and Reduce Missed Visits". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03850431. Licensed CC0.

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