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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

Reference 3: Worldwide texting statistics(http://shso.vermont.gov/content/worldwide-texting-statistics Reference 35: Acceptability and efficacy of a sexual health texting intervention designed to supporttexting

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

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e59888

HealthySMS Text Messaging System Adjunct to Adolescent Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Context of COVID-19 (Let’s Text!): Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study

HealthySMS Text Messaging System Adjunct to Adolescent Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Context of COVID-19 (Let’s Text!): Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study

We used the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act–compliant, web-based texting platform called Healthy SMS, developed by our team member (AA), to send and receive SMS text messages, administer weekly surveys, and track attendance. Healthy SMS sent four types of automated SMS text messages to participants: (1) daily mood prompts asking participants to rate their mood and reflect on their mood, thoughts, and behavior (“[First name], what is your mood right now on a scale of 1 to 9 (9 being best)?

Lauren M Haack, Courtney C Armstrong, Kate Travis, Adrian Aguilera, Sabrina M Darrow

JMIR Ment Health 2024;11:e49317

A Remote Health Coaching, Text-Based Walking Program in Ethnic Minority Primary Care Patients With Overweight and Obesity: Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study

A Remote Health Coaching, Text-Based Walking Program in Ethnic Minority Primary Care Patients With Overweight and Obesity: Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study

[Male participant, aged 55 years] Convenient texting experience “It was more convenient for me. I didn’t have to take time from work to set those goals and go all the way to go into a location to talk to a HC or have to have a long conversation to talk to a HC because it was like between the time I was going to work or getting ready to start work, so I was able to text back.”

Mary H Smart, Nadia A Nabulsi, Ben S Gerber, Itika Gupta, Barbara Di Eugenio, Brian Ziebart, Lisa K Sharp

JMIR Form Res 2022;6(1):e31989

Incorporating African American Veterans’ Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol

Incorporating African American Veterans’ Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol

Providers can access a secure dashboard and choose from a menu of texting protocols intended to promote self-care for Veterans enrolled in VA health care. Veterans can receive text messages directly on their phones or through a VA mobile app downloaded into their smartphones. Existing texting protocols provide motivation, education, and, in some cases, an invitation to monitor the status of their chronic illness (eg, reporting blood sugar readings) [20].

Kathryn L DeLaughter, Gemmae M Fix, Sarah E McDannold, Charlene Pope, Barbara G Bokhour, Stephanie L Shimada, Rodney Calloway, Howard S Gordon, Judith A Long, Danielle A Miano, Sarah L Cutrona

JMIR Res Protoc 2021;10(12):e29423

Implementing Automated Text Messaging for Patient Self-management in the Veterans Health Administration: Qualitative Study Applying the Nonadoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability Framework

Implementing Automated Text Messaging for Patient Self-management in the Veterans Health Administration: Qualitative Study Applying the Nonadoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability Framework

With the ubiquity of mobile phones, automated texting systems have the potential for wide reach and sustained use, representing a promising alternative to telephone calls, traditional mail, and emails [2-5]. Because of its simplicity, flexibility, and low cost, texting is increasingly recognized as a tool to reach those who may be less engaged in health care services and may thus narrow health disparities [6].

Vera Yakovchenko, D Keith McInnes, Beth Ann Petrakis, Chris Gillespie, Jessica M Lipschitz, Megan B McCullough, Lorilei Richardson, Brian Vetter, Timothy P Hogan

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2021;9(11):e31037

Motivation to Participate in Precision Health Research and Acceptability of Texting as a Recruitment and Intervention Strategy Among Vietnamese Americans: Qualitative Study

Motivation to Participate in Precision Health Research and Acceptability of Texting as a Recruitment and Intervention Strategy Among Vietnamese Americans: Qualitative Study

The mean genetic testing score was 3.94 (SD 0.41), and the mean texting summary score was 3.96 (SD 0.63). There were no significant differences by age groups. Mean difference in summary scores by age groups: overall, genetics and genetic testing, and texting (N=37).   

Van Ta Park, Amber Kim, In Hyang Cho, Bora Nam, Khue Nguyen, Quyen Vuong, Vyjeyanthi S Periyakoil, Y Alicia Hong

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2021;9(3):e23058

Using ADAPT-ITT to Modify a Telephone-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for SMS Delivery: Formative Study

Using ADAPT-ITT to Modify a Telephone-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for SMS Delivery: Formative Study

For adolescents, texting is as much a social choice as a technical choice. In fact, it is often the preferred choice [53], surpassing social media apps and phone calls, with adolescent females more likely to use texting as conduits for conversations with friends [54].

Teaniese Davis, Ralph Joseph DiClemente, Michael Prietula

JMIR Form Res 2020;4(10):e22485

Automated Text Messaging With Patients in Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Clinics: Cluster Randomized Trial

Automated Text Messaging With Patients in Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Clinics: Cluster Randomized Trial

Short message service (SMS or texting) is becoming an accepted means of asynchronous communication between health care systems and patients, supporting appointment attendance, medication taking, and medication refill reminders [1]. Texting interventions have been studied across a range of clinical domains and stages of care [2].

Vera Yakovchenko, Timothy P Hogan, Thomas K Houston, Lorilei Richardson, Jessica Lipschitz, Beth Ann Petrakis, Chris Gillespie, D Keith McInnes

J Med Internet Res 2019;21(8):e14750