Haller Dagmar, Sanci Lena, Sawyer Susan, Coffey Carolyn, Patton George
Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria.
Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Mar;35(3):175-6.
Young people have led the recent rise in prevalence of text message usage, which is increasingly used in clinical settings.
To assess the feasibility and acceptability of text message communication as a research tool in clinical research.
One hundred and ten consecutive young patients aged 16-24 years were recruited in four general practices (one inner urban, one outer urban, one rural and one university practice) in Victoria and interviewed before the consultation. If the patients had a mobile phone, they were asked to provide their mobile phone number so that following the medical consultation they could receive a single question, via text message, about their satisfaction with the consultation.
Ninety-one percent of patients participated: 87 of 96 (91%) had a mobile phone and 85 of 87 agreed to provide their phone number for the purpose of research. There was no influence of practice sociodemographic characteristics.
Text messaging is a feasible and acceptable method of communication for research purposes with young people attending primary care.
年轻人引领了近期短信使用普及率的上升，短信在临床环境中的使用也越来越多。
评估短信通信作为临床研究工具的可行性和可接受性。
在维多利亚州的四个普通诊所（一个内城区诊所、一个外城区诊所、一个农村诊所和一个大学诊所）连续招募了110名年龄在16 - 24岁的年轻患者，并在会诊前进行访谈。如果患者有手机，会被要求提供手机号码，以便在会诊后通过短信收到一个关于他们对会诊满意度的问题。
91%的患者参与其中：96名患者中有87名（91%）有手机，87名中有85名同意提供手机号码用于研究。诊所的社会人口统计学特征没有影响。
对于参加初级保健的年轻人，短信是一种可行且可接受的用于研究目的的通信方式。
