![]() 9– 13 In the maternity services, SMS messaging has been used successfully in a randomized controlled trial in Thailand to deliver health messages. Health-related use of SMS has included modification of beliefs relating to medication adherence, 3, 4 delivering behavior change interventions, 5, 6 reminding patients of scheduled outpatient appointments, 7, 8 and supporting patients with disease control. 2 These statistics suggest that mobile phones may be an effective means of capturing research data from a wide public. The ownership of mobile phones has increased: currently it is estimated that the rate of mobile phone ownership in the Americas is 94.1%, 1 while, in some communities in the UK, ownership of a mobile phone is more common than a home landline. The method is cheap and simple and allows rapid communication with people involving minimum disturbance. Automated text messages are sent to mobile phones and text responses recorded electronically. Short message service (SMS) is a promising tool for gathering data for research and clinical purposes. ![]() ![]() Cellular phone, SMS text messaging, reproducibility of results, data collection, method acceptability, midwifery, feeding your baby study, psychology Background and significance ![]()
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