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Text message communication in primary care research: a randomized controlled trial.

Dagmar M Haller¹, Lena A Sanci, George C Patton

¹Department of Community Medicine & Primary Care, Geneva University Hospitals & University of Geneva, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. dagmar.haller-hester@hcuge.ch

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|June 23, 2009

Summary

Text message communication in primary care research is feasible for young people. This study found that using text messages for research participation did not significantly lower response rates compared to traditional paper methods.

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Published on: August 1, 2019

Area of Science:

Primary care research
Health services research
Digital health interventions

Background:

Text message communication is increasingly used in clinical practice but underutilized in research.
Previous research suggests text messaging may lead to lower response rates.
Young people's participation in primary care research via text is feasible and acceptable.

Purpose of the Study:

To test if text message communication in primary care research yields lower response rates than paper-based methods.
To evaluate the hypothesis that text messaging does not negatively impact research participation rates.

Main Methods:

A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 26 Australian general practices.
Young patients (16-24 years) were randomized to receive satisfaction surveys via text message or paper card.
Logistic regression adjusted for clustering and baseline characteristics to analyze response rates.

Main Results:

402 of 409 eligible young people participated.
Response rates were 80.2% for text message and 85.6% for paper card.
The adjusted odds of responding were not significantly lower for text messages (OR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.30-1.27).

Conclusions:

Text message communication is a viable method for gathering patient information in primary care research.
Findings support the use of text messaging to engage patients, particularly young adults, in research.
This study offers new perspectives on leveraging digital communication for efficient research data collection.