Short message service (SMS) reminders improve treatment attendance in alcohol dependence, but are less effective for patients high in impulsivity

Gullo, Matthew J.; Irvine, Katharine M.; Feeney, Gerald F.X.; Connor, Jason P.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.06.025

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“…It may be that some of the characteristics of ADHD could make treatment adherence more challenging than in other patient groups ( 12 ). For instance, a study that examined the effect of SMS reminders on treatment adherence among patients with alcohol dependence found that those with higher levels of impulsivity benefitted less from SMS reminders ( 45 ). However, Biederman et al ( 31 ) found that SMS reminders improved adherence to pharmacological treatment among adults with ADHD, indicating that SMS reminders may be effective for this patient group as well.…”

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The Effect of SMS Reminders on Adherence in a Self-Guided Internet-Delivered Intervention for Adults With ADHD

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Kenter

et al. 2022

Front. Digit. Health

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BackgroundSelf-guided Internet-delivered interventions may serve as an accessible and flexible non-pharmacological treatment supplement for adults with ADHD. However, these interventions are challenged by low adherence.ObjectiveTo examine whether weekly SMS reminders improve adherence to a self-guided Internet-delivered intervention for adults with ADHD.MethodThe study used a multiple randomized trial design where the participants who had not completed their weekly module within 2 days were randomized to either receive or not receive an SMS reminder. The primary outcome was adherence, defined as module completion, logins, time spent on intervention, and self-reported practice of coping strategies.ResultsA total of 109 adults with a self-reported ADHD diagnosis were included in the study. The results showed that SMS reminders were associated with an increased likelihood of login within 48 h during the second module of the intervention, but not for the remaining modules. Moreover, receiving an SMS reminder was associated spending more time on the modules and faster login time in module three and five, specifically. However, the overall results did not show an effect of SMS reminders on module completion, number of logins or practice of coping strategies.ConclusionThe results showed that SMS reminders do not improve number of logins, module completion rates or practice of coping strategies, but they may lead to faster login time and more time spent on the modules. To utilize the potential of self-guided Internet-delivered intervention in making non-pharmacological accessible for adults with ADHD, new methods to facilitate meaningful engagement should be developed and tested.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04511169.

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The Effect of SMS Reminders on Adherence in a Self-Guided Internet-Delivered Intervention for Adults With ADHD

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Gjestad

Kenter

et al. 2022

Front. Digit. Health

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“…In a health service platform, caring messages are continuously delivered to patients via SMS [21], e.g., medication reminders [16,22] and to perform healthy behaviors [23]. As a result, the compliance of patients with self-care can be further improved [24,25], which is specific in the attendance rate of outpatient appointments [26][27][28]. In a web-based disease management system, it is feasible to use interactive SMS diaries to collect patient's disease data, i.e., patients send the messages of self-monitored physical conditions and receive disease management advice from doctors.…”

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“…In order to conduct analysis and find insight, following the priori investigations of SMS as an intervention method in [15,16,18,23,26,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55], we chose gender and age as influencing factors to further explore the attitudes' differences towards COVID-19 publicinterest SMS in research questions. Cho et al adopted gender and age as the controlled factors and then indicated significant differences between females and males on attitudes towards SMS [46].…”

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The Study on Public-Interest Short Message Service (SMS) in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mobile User Survey and Content Analysis

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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has greatly threatened the global health system and triggered the public health emergency. In order to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare and prevention information have been delivered through omni-media channels (e.g., television, radio, social platform, etc.). As a traditional outlet, the short message service (SMS) can timely provide abundant anti-epidemic alerts to mobile users. In this paper, we aim to investigate mobile users’ attitudes toward COVID-19 public-interest SMS sent from government authorities and then explore the insight from messaging texts collected between January and April 2020 in China. In general, respondents show a positive attitude towards content and the necessity of public-interest SMS during the pandemic. However, we find that gender and age differences not only affect content evaluation, but also influence reading and forwarding behaviors. For the necessity of SMS, it shows significant difference between the 18–25-year-old and over 40-year-old group, with the middle and elder group showing serious attitudes and giving higher remarks than the youth due to the habits of media usage. However no significant difference is presented between females and males. In terms of content, the category of topics and releasing institutions are analyzed, respectively. Due to the centralized responses and coordination of prevention and control in China, the messages from COVID-19 disposal organizations (e.g., municipal steering group and provincial CDC) account for more than 70% among four cities.

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“…The GUI-based Short Messaging Service (SMS) network between handheld devices develops another useful application with the mobile device [10]. It is a cost-effective solution for monitoring common home appliances because mobile phones are already a staple in society's daily living.…”

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Mobile Phone Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Appliance Remote Control: An SMS-based Electronic Appliance Monitoring and Control System

Africa¹

2019

IJATCSE

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The home monitoring system is an effective way to prevent many household accidents that may occur whether we are aware or not. There are a lot of home control devices which were developed in the past. Take fire hazards for example, there are a lot of ways for a house fire to occur like overheating appliances. Fire imposes a big hazard in our homes but there is a device that was built to lessen the probability of this from occurring or at least lessen the damage done. The fire alarm works whenever there is enough smoke that goes in the detector. It will automatically make a sound to alarm the people inside the house, some home systems have a built-in sprinkler that work when the fire alarm activates preventing further property destruction. There are a lot of ways of designing a home control system but at these times, the design must be adaptable and adaptive to most people. Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) is a means of wireless communication between people. It can also be used to communicate with devices such that it functions even if a user is not physically present in the vicinity of the device. GSM is the most adaptable medium since it has a further range of communication compared to Bluetooth and infrared. Moreover, it is also more accessible than Wi-Fi since it is more widely available. A home monitoring system interfaced with GSM poses a great advantage and convenience to the public. The user can be updated regarding the status (ON or OFF) of his appliances which can prevent future damage. It will also be able to alarm the user of any irregular activities of the appliances immediately even if the user is at another place.

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Short message service (SMS) reminders improve treatment attendance in alcohol dependence, but are less effective for patients high in impulsivity

Abstract: SMS appointment reminders improve treatment attendance for alcohol-dependent outpatients. More impulsive patients benefited less from reminders, suggesting their non-attendance may be related more to motivational factors.

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

The Effect of SMS Reminders on Adherence in a Self-Guided Internet-Delivered Intervention for Adults With ADHD

The Effect of SMS Reminders on Adherence in a Self-Guided Internet-Delivered Intervention for Adults With ADHD

The Study on Public-Interest Short Message Service (SMS) in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mobile User Survey and Content Analysis

Mobile Phone Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Appliance Remote Control: An SMS-based Electronic Appliance Monitoring and Control System

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