This paper examines the use of text message (SMS) interventions for health-related behavioral support. It first outlines the historical progress in SMS intervention research publications and the varie...
Secure text messaging systems (STMS) offer HIPAA-compliant text messaging and mobile phone call functionalities that are more efficient than traditional paging. Although some studies associate improve...
To understand the barriers to adoption of an STMS among physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs)....
We qualitatively analyzed free-text comments that clinicians (physicians and APPs) across a large healthcare organization offered on a survey about STMS perceptions....
A total of 1110 clinicians who provided a free-text comment in response to one of four open-ended survey questions....
Data were analyzed using a grounded theory approach and constant comparative method to characterize responses and identify themes....
The overall survey response rate was 20.5% (n = 1254). Clinicians familiar with the STMS frequently believed the STMS was unnecessary (existing tools worked well enough) and would overburden them with...
Clinicians are reluctant to adopt an STMS that does not offer a clear and trustworthy communication benefit to offset its potential burden and intrusiveness. Our findings can be incorporated into STMS...
Despite the effectiveness of text messaging therapy in improving mental health conditions, limited attention has been paid to how the text messages are constructed. Thus, this study questions whether ...
New mothers experience BF challenges but have limited evidence-based technology-enabled support....
1) Determine if using the Mother's Milk Messaging™ app improved aspects of breastfeeding and breastfeeding rates and 2) Describe engagement as well as themes from the qualitative feedback on the app....
Randomized Controlled Trial National sample of primiparous, singleton mothers recruited online and then randomized using stratification by language into three arms: 1) BF text messages plus app; 2) BF...
There were a total of 346 participants in the trial, with 227 in the Intervention (n = 154 group 1 and n = 156 group 2) and 119 in the control group. Because of minimal Facebook activity, the two inte...
MMM increased confidence with breastfeeding and with gathering social supports. Exclusively BF was high in all participants. Mothers perceived it as useful and dependable especially the texting....
Routine outpatient follow-up visits for surgical patients are a source of strain on health-care resources and patients. With the COVID-19 pandemic adding a new urgency to finding the safest follow-up ...
An open-label, three-arm, parallel randomized trial was conducted. The interventions were traditional in-person appointment, a telephone call, or a text message. The primary outcome was the number of ...
Two hundred eight patients underwent randomization: 50 in the in-person group, 80 in the telephone group, and 78 in the text message group. There was no difference in the number of reported complicati...
There was no evidence that text messages and telephone calls are unsafe and ineffective methods of follow-up. Although most patients are happy to receive results by text message, the majority of patie...
Digital interventions have increased our capacity to reach young adults who have hazardous alcohol use. Alcohol text message interventions have shown small effects in reducing hazardous drinking, leav...
Empirical research on best practices in suicide prevention text intervention is scarce. We present analyses of exchanges concerning suicide on the Canadian Suicide Prevention Service (CSPS) text helpl...
To describe the users of the CSPS text service, explore the perceived impact of the service, and identify intervention characteristics associated with a greater likelihood of positive or negative effe...
We analyzed data from 112 transcripts using quantitative content analysis, counselor assessments of the calls, and responses by callers to pre-call questionnaires....
Counselors infrequently conducted a complete suicide risk assessment, but almost always thoroughly explored resources and discussed possible solutions to callers' problems. An operational action plan ...
High-quality effective interventions can be delivered via text messages. Using reinforcement of strengths and encouraging longer calls is recommended. Intervention effects were comparable to those rep...
People with lived experience have had limited opportunities to meaningfully contribute to the design of caring contacts interventions. The objective of this study was to co-design text messages with p...
In this qualitative study, participants were professional peer support specialist staff with lived experience employed by specialist mental health services. They were asked to evaluate the initial ser...
Three main themes were identified: upholding a person's autonomy; establishing connection as a bridge to safety; and, words as healing rongoā (remedy). The last theme contained a cultural subtheme: Mā...
People with lived experience breathe empowerment and hope into caring contacts interventions and should be considered vital partners in developing any suicide prevention initiative. Feeling genuinely ...
This study developed an ecological momentary assessment (EMA)-triggered text message library based on the behavior change wheel framework to encourage exercise engagement in patients with peripheral a...
Adolescence presents a window of opportunity to establish good nutrition and physical activity behaviours to carry throughout the life course. Adolescents are at risk of developing cardiovascular and ...
Health4Me is a virtual, two-arm, single-blind randomised controlled trial, delivering a 6-month healthy lifestyle text message program with optional health counselling. Recruitment will be through dig...
This study will determine the effectiveness of a 6-month healthy lifestyle text message intervention to improve physical activity and nutrition outcomes in adolescents....
Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12622000949785 , Date registered: 05/07/2022....
