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MMS health messages in local languages were sent to the intervention group over 6 weeks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Primary outcome: there was no significant difference in clinic attendance, with 1.3 clinic visits per child in both groups (mean difference \u22120.1; 95% confidence interval (CI) \u22121.1, 0.9; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.9).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Secondary outcomes: (i) there was no significant change in healed perforation (risk difference 6%; 95% CI \u221210, 20; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.6), middle ear discharge (risk difference \u22121%; 95% CI \u221230, 30; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 1.0) or perforation size (mean difference 3%; 95% CI \u221211, 17; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.7) between the groups; (ii) 84% (95% CI 60, 90) in the control and 70% (95% CI 50, 80) in the intervention group were happy to receive MMS health messages in the future. 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