The Use of SMS Text Messaging to Improve the Hospital-to-Community Transition in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome (Txt2Prevent): Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Emily S Ross   ¹ , PhD ;   Brodie M Sakakibara   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Martha H Mackay   ^{4, 5} , RN, CCN(C), PhD ;   David G T Whitehurst   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Joel Singer   ^{5, 8} , PhD ;   Mustafa Toma   ⁹ , MD ;   Kitty K Corbett   ^{6, 10} , PhD ;   Harriette G C Van Spall   ^{11, 12, 13} , MPH, MD ;   Kimberly Rutherford   ¹⁴ , MSc, MD ;   Bobby Gheorghiu   ¹⁵ , MHSc ;   Jillianne Code   ¹⁶ , PhD ;   Scott A Lear   ^{1, 6, 17} , PhD

¹ Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

² Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada

³ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁴ School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁵ Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

⁷ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁸ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁹ Division of Cardiology, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada

¹⁰ School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹² Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹³ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

¹⁵ Canada Health Infoway, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁶ Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

¹⁷ Division of Cardiology, Providence Health Care, Healthy Heart Program St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada