Finch Linda, Youl Philippa, Marshall Alison L, Soyer H Peter, Baade Peter, Janda Monika
School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Council Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
J Telemed Telecare. 2015 Jun;21(4):227-34. doi: 10.1177/1357633X15571652. Epub 2015 Feb 19.
Evidence is needed for the acceptability and user preferences of receiving skin cancer-related text messages. We prepared 27 questions to evaluate attitudes, satisfaction with program characteristics such as timing and spacing, and overall satisfaction with the Healthy Text program in young adults. Within this randomised controlled trial (age 18-42 years), 546 participants were assigned to one of three Healthy Text message groups; sun protection, skin self-examination, or attention-control. Over a 12-month period, 21 behaviour-specific text messages were sent to each group. Participants' preferences were compared between the two interventions and control group at the 12-month follow-up telephone interview. In all three groups, participants reported the messages were easy to understand (98%), provided good suggestions or ideas (88%), and were encouraging (86%) and informative (85%) with little difference between the groups. The timing of the texts was received positively (92%); however, some suggestions for frequency or time of day the messages were received from 8% of participants. Participants in the two intervention groups found their messages more informative, and triggering behaviour change compared to control. Text messages about skin cancer prevention and early detection are novel and acceptable to induce behaviour change in young adults.
需要证据来证明接收皮肤癌相关短信的可接受性和用户偏好。我们准备了27个问题，以评估年轻成年人对态度、对诸如时间安排和间隔等项目特征的满意度，以及对“健康短信”项目的总体满意度。在这项随机对照试验（年龄18 - 42岁）中，546名参与者被分配到三个“健康短信”组之一：防晒、皮肤自我检查或注意力控制组。在12个月的时间里，每组都收到了21条针对特定行为的短信。在12个月的随访电话访谈中，比较了两组干预措施与对照组参与者的偏好。在所有三个组中，参与者报告短信易于理解（98%）、提供了很好的建议或想法（88%）、具有激励作用（86%）且信息丰富（85%），组间差异不大。短信的发送时间得到了积极评价（92%）；然而，8%的参与者对短信接收频率或时间提出了一些建议。与对照组相比，两个干预组的参与者发现他们收到的短信信息更丰富，且能引发行为改变。关于皮肤癌预防和早期检测的短信是新颖的，并且对于促使年轻成年人改变行为是可接受的。
