Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Prev Med. 2011 Oct;53(4-5):325-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.08.013. Epub 2011 Aug 16.
To compare the effect of two different types of short text message service (SMS-text) reminders on the uptake of screening mammogram.
A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2010 among females aged between 40 and 75, benefiting from the Health Insurance Plan at the American University of Beirut, whose cell phone numbers were available in their electronic medical records, and who did not do a mammogram in the past 2 years. The sample (n=385) was randomly divided into two subgroups. The first subgroup (n1=192) received a general SMS-text inviting its members to do a mammogram while the second subgroup (n2=193) received an additional informative SMS-text informing them about the benefits of mammogram screening.
30.7% (59) of subgroup 1 and 31.6% (61) of subgroup 2 underwent a mammogram screening test during the 6 months follow up interval post-intervention (Chi-square test, p-value ≥ 0.05). There was no difference between the response rates in the two subgroups.
A brief invitation SMS-text message for screening mammogram was found to be as effective as a detailed informative one.
比较两种不同类型的短文本消息服务（SMS 短信）提醒对接受筛查性乳房 X 光检查的影响。
2010 年，我们对在贝鲁特美国大学享受健康保险计划、电子病历中有手机号码且过去 2 年内未做过乳房 X 光检查的 40-75 岁女性进行了一项随机对照试验。将样本（n=385）随机分为两组。第一组（n1=192）收到了一条一般性的 SMS 短信，邀请其成员进行乳房 X 光检查，而第二组（n2=193）收到了一条额外的信息性 SMS 短信，告知他们乳房 X 光筛查的好处。
在干预后 6 个月的随访期间，第 1 组中有 30.7%（59 人）和第 2 组中有 31.6%（61 人）进行了乳房 X 光筛查测试（卡方检验，p 值≥0.05）。两组的反应率没有差异。
发现简短的邀请性乳房 X 光检查短信与详细的信息性短信一样有效。
