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Effectiveness of Text Messaging Nudging to Increase Coverage of Influenza Vaccination Among Older Adults in Norway (InfluSMS Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effectiveness of Text Messaging Nudging to Increase Coverage of Influenza Vaccination Among Older Adults in Norway (InfluSMS Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

The primary objectives of the Influ SMS trial are to establish whether (1) influenza vaccination nudging by SMS in the Norwegian language increases influenza vaccine coverage compared to standard care, among the Norwegian population aged 65 years and older; (2) influenza vaccination nudging by SMS in Polish or Ukrainian language increases influenza vaccine coverage compared to standard care, among older adults of Polish or Ukrainian background, respectively; (3) influenza vaccination nudging by SMS in Norwegian

Bo T Hansen, Ole Klungsøyr, Angela S Labberton, Lauri Sääksvuori, Kjersti M Rydland, Liz E Ødeskaug, Torbjørn Wisløff, Hinta Meijerink

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e63938

Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Phase 1 Randomized Controlled Trial

Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Phase 1 Randomized Controlled Trial

To address this important knowledge gap, our team developed and tested a patient-centered HF self-care intervention (i Cardia4 HF) that integrates 3 commercial m Health apps and devices (My Apps) with a program of individually tailored SMS text messages (Text4 HF) to improve self-care in patients with HF. Tailoring of the text messages was guided by participants’ health beliefs, knowledge, and confidence in performing HF self-care.

Spyros Kitsiou, Ben S Gerber, Susan W Buchholz, Mayank M Kansal, Jiehuan Sun, Susan J Pressler

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e55586

Don’t Forget the Humble Text Message: 25 Years of Text Messaging in Health

Don’t Forget the Humble Text Message: 25 Years of Text Messaging in Health

In December 1992, the first SMS text message was sent. It contained the words “Merry Christmas” and was sent by a 22-year-old software programmer from the United Kingdom [1]. It took several more years for text messaging to become a standard means of communication from mobile phone to mobile phone. Now, as the most widely used feature on mobile phones, more than 5 billion people send and receive text messages globally [1].

Rosie Dobson, Robyn Whittaker, Lorien C Abroms, Dale Bramley, Caroline Free, Hayden McRobbie, Melanie Stowell, Anthony Rodgers

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e59888

Qualitative Evaluation of mHealth Implementation for Infectious Disease Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Narrative Review

Qualitative Evaluation of mHealth Implementation for Infectious Disease Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Narrative Review

Among the 20 included studies, 9 were apps and 11 were SMS interventions. Based on the World Bank 2022 Country Group by Income LMIC status [28], 8 were low income [8,9,29-34], 6 were lower middle income [10,35-39], and 6 were upper middle income [7,21,40-43].

Josephine Greenall-Ota, H Manisha Yapa, Greg J Fox, Joel Negin

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2024;12:e55189

Evaluating the “Zindagi Mehfooz” Electronic Immunization Registry and Suite of Digital Health Interventions to Improve the Coverage and Timeliness of Immunization Services in Sindh, Pakistan: Mixed Methods Study

Evaluating the “Zindagi Mehfooz” Electronic Immunization Registry and Suite of Digital Health Interventions to Improve the Coverage and Timeliness of Immunization Services in Sindh, Pakistan: Mixed Methods Study

The ZM-EIR includes the following functionalities: Web interface for data visualization Mobile-based data entry and access for vaccinators Geospatial data for vaccination events 2-way interactive SMS reminders for parents/caregivers Call center to answer queries of parents/caregivers Offline mode to work in areas of poor connectivity Child registry for enrolling newborns or never-vaccinated children Immunization decision support system (i DSS) to guide vaccinators on routine and catch-up immunizations Defaulter

Patricia Mechael, Sara Gilani, Ahsan Ahmad, Amnesty LeFevre, Diwakar Mohan, Asra Memon, Mubarak Taighoon Shah, Danya Arif Siddiqi, Subhash Chandir, Riswana Soundardjee

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e52792

Effectiveness of a Digital Health Intervention Leveraging Reinforcement Learning: Results From the Diabetes and Mental Health Adaptive Notification Tracking and Evaluation (DIAMANTE) Randomized Clinical Trial

Effectiveness of a Digital Health Intervention Leveraging Reinforcement Learning: Results From the Diabetes and Mental Health Adaptive Notification Tracking and Evaluation (DIAMANTE) Randomized Clinical Trial

The research team contacted the patients by phone for troubleshooting and to remind them to keep the app open in the background if patients’ phones were not transmitting data for more than 3 days (after the automated SMS reminders). In addition, patients in all groups could reply “STOP” or “PARAR” if they wished to stop receiving messages.

Adrian Aguilera, Marvyn Arévalo Avalos, Jing Xu, Bibhas Chakraborty, Caroline Figueroa, Faviola Garcia, Karina Rosales, Rosa Hernandez-Ramos, Chris Karr, Joseph Williams, Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, Urmimala Sarkar, Elad Yom-Tov, Courtney Lyles

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e60834

Using Text Messaging Surveys in General Practice Research to Engage With People From Low-Income Groups: Multi-Methods Study

Using Text Messaging Surveys in General Practice Research to Engage With People From Low-Income Groups: Multi-Methods Study

There were 2 main steps to the SMS text message surveys. For the first step, a staff member in each practice was asked to send an SMS text message to all current patients aged 18 years or older through an SMS text message blast (where an SMS text message is sent out to a large group of numbers at one time). This initial email contained a link to an online Qualtrics survey (Textbox 1).

Elizabeth Sturgiss, Jenny Advocat, Christopher Barton, Emma N Walker, Suzanne Nielsen, Annemarie Wright, Tina Lam, Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Symrin Oad, Christopher Wood

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2024;12:e55354

Deceptively Simple yet Profoundly Impactful: Text Messaging Interventions to Support Health

Deceptively Simple yet Profoundly Impactful: Text Messaging Interventions to Support Health

A narrative review then spotlights the success of SMS interventions across critical health domains—physical activity, diet and weight loss, mental health, and substance use—drawing from recent meta-analyses. The paper explores the specific aspects of SMS interventions that contribute to their effectiveness with a focus on the real-time capability of SMS interventions to collect information and deliver microdoses of intervention support.

Brian Suffoletto

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e58726

Preferences for Text Messaging Supports During Youth Transition to Adult Mental Health Services: Theory-Informed Modified e-Delphi Study

Preferences for Text Messaging Supports During Youth Transition to Adult Mental Health Services: Theory-Informed Modified e-Delphi Study

Youth have identified SMS text messaging as a preferred communication tool for support during the transition to adult services generally [19]. Text messaging, also known as short-messaging service (SMS), is among the most frequently used technologies for low-intensity behavioral health interventions that focus on promoting positive actions linked to healthy outcomes [20].

Negar Vakili, Janet A Curran, Roisin Walls, Debbie Phillips, Alanna Miller, Christine Cassidy, Lori Wozney

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e51690