Post‐tonsillectomy pain in 24 children – utilising short message service (SMS) to assess postoperative outcomes

Chen, Yufei; Chin, Michael T.; Greenberg, Simon; Johnstone, Charlotte; McGuinness, John

doi:10.1111/j.1749-4486.2012.02521.x

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“…Whitford et al [17] found that participants perceived text messaging as an acceptable way of providing data and that researchers found it an easy and functional method of gathering data. Other studies demonstrated that it was feasible to use text messaging to document bleeding episodes in children with hemophilia [18], to collect data on pain after tonsillectomy [19], and to collect frequent data for monitoring the clinical course of low back pain [20]. Studies also indicated that text messaging data collection has many advantages: it is accessible for many people regardless of time, place, or setting, and it can collect information in real time without interviewer bias [12].…”

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Text Messaging Data Collection for Monitoring an Infant Feeding Intervention Program in Rural China: Feasibility Study

Li¹,

Wang²,

Velthoven³

et al. 2013

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundAn effective data collection method is crucial for high quality monitoring of health interventions. The traditional face-to-face data collection method is labor intensive, expensive, and time consuming. With the rapid increase of mobile phone subscribers, text messaging has the potential to be used for evaluation of population health interventions in rural China.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to explore the feasibility of using text messaging as a data collection tool to monitor an infant feeding intervention program.MethodsParticipants were caregivers of children aged 0 to 23 months in rural China who participated in an infant feeding health education program. We used the test-retest method. First, we collected data with a text messaging survey and then with a face-to-face survey for 2 periods of 3 days. We compared the response rate, data agreement, costs, and participants’ acceptability of the two methods. Also, we interviewed participants to explore their reasons for not responding to the text messages and the reasons for disagreement in the two methods. In addition, we evaluated the most appropriate time during the day for sending text messages.ResultsWe included 258 participants; 99 (38.4%) participated in the text messaging survey and 177 (68.6%) in the face-to-face survey. Compared with the face-to-face survey, the text messaging survey had much lower response rates to at least one question (38.4% vs 68.6%) and to all 7 questions (27.9% vs 67.4%) with moderate data agreement (most kappa values between .5 and .75, the intraclass correlation coefficients between .53 to .72). Participants who took part in both surveys gave the same acceptability rating for both methods (median 4.0 for both on a 5-point scale, 1=disliked very much and 5=liked very much). The costs per questionnaire for the text messaging method were much lower than the costs for the face-to-face method: ¥19.7 (US $3.13) versus ¥33.9 (US $5.39) for all questionnaires, and ¥27.1 (US $4.31) versus ¥34.4 (US $5.47) for completed questionnaires. The main reasons for not replying were that participants did not receive text messages, they were too busy to reply, or they did not see text messages in time. The main reasons for disagreement in responses were that participants forgot their answers in the text messaging survey and that they changed their minds. We found that participants were more likely to reply to text messages immediately during 2 time periods: 8 AM to 3 PM and 8 PM to 9 PM.ConclusionsThe text messaging method had reasonable data agreement and low cost, but a low response rate. Further research is needed to evaluate effectiveness of measures that can increase the response rate, especially in collecting longitudinal data by text messaging.

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confidence: 99%

Text Messaging Data Collection for Monitoring an Infant Feeding Intervention Program in Rural China: Feasibility Study

Li¹,

Wang²,

Velthoven³

et al. 2013

J Med Internet Res

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“…Response 0 always reflects little or no pain, and 9 or 10 indicates the most severe pain. Three interventions focused on postoperative pain management for children, thereby involving legal guardians in the process [ 38 , 40 , 41 ]. For this monitoring, two studies utilized Wong-Baker Faces [ 38 , 40 ], which is a valid and effective method of assessing pain in children [ 43 ].…”

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“…Three interventions focused on postoperative pain management for children, thereby involving legal guardians in the process [ 38 , 40 , 41 ]. For this monitoring, two studies utilized Wong-Baker Faces [ 38 , 40 ], which is a valid and effective method of assessing pain in children [ 43 ]. Postoperatively, patient groups received opioids in 10 interventions.…”

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“…Patients were reminded when they missed answering questions for several days [ 36 ], and one intervention provided three daily reminders regarding medication intake [ 35 ]. Alerts were triggered whenever various thresholds or schedules were exceeded, or when communication with the system occurred at an unscheduled time [ 32 , 34 , 37 , 38 ]. Once alerted, health care professionals organized the appropriate actions, initially by contacting the patients directly.…”

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Efficacy of Short Message Service Text Messaging Interventions for Postoperative Pain Management: Systematic Review

Buck¹,

Keweloh²,

Bouras³

et al. 2021

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Background Addiction to opiates and synthetic opioids poses a major threat to public health worldwide, with pharmaceutical opioids prescribed to manage pain constituting the main problem. To counteract this threat, suitable pain management strategies should be implemented in health care. Monitoring pain management seems to be feasible using telemedicine with a certain degree of resource intensity and digitization. As a communication channel for this type of monitoring, SMS appears to be a valid alternative. Objective The aim of this systematic literature review was to (1) provide information on the state of research regarding postoperative pain management via SMS, (2) establish a basic understanding of SMS-based pain management, and (3) provide insight into the feasibility of these management strategies. The research question was as follows: Is postoperative pain management feasible and effective utilizing SMS? Methods A systematic literature review was performed mainly following the PRISMA guidelines and another guide on performing a systematic literature review for information systems–related research. A search string was developed based on the objectives and research question, and eight databases were searched. Results The initial search resulted in 2083 records, which could be narrowed down by applying various exclusion criteria. Thereby, 11 articles were identified as relevant, which were accordingly analyzed and evaluated by full-text screening. In all articles, pain management interventions were performed using SMS communication between health care professionals and patients or their legal guardians. A prospective approach was predominantly chosen as the study design (91%) with the leading research objective of determining the intervention’s feasibility (73%). The primary reason for sending SMS messages was to monitor patients (64%). Overall, the use of SMS improved adherence, acceptance, and satisfaction regarding postoperative pain management. With an average response rate of approximately 89.5% (SD 3.8%), the reliability of SMS as a communication and monitoring tool was further emphasized. This response rate is significantly higher than that for email interventions (66.63%, P<.001). Conclusions This study provides a comprehensive picture of the current status on postoperative pain management by SMS. Communication via SMS was beneficial in all interventions, even preoperative. Six SMS interventions could be certified by the respective institutional review board and three were Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act–compliant. Therefore, the results of this study could be leveraged to address the opioid epidemic. Overall, the research question could be confirmed. Future research should extend this systematic literature review regarding preoperative pain management. Based on these findings, a pre- and postoperative communication model should be developed to address the opioid epidemic effectively.

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“…Ideally, this evaluation could be performed by mobile phone application [24 && ] and SMS [25], which may not only improve the reliability of the information, but also induce a significant time saving for nurses that could be dedicated to the resolution of other more pertinent problems. In the future, telemedicine and telemonitoring could be used as valuable helping tools to assess the evolution of wound healing, joint mobility, and so forth [26 & ].…”

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Organizational aspects to optimize patient's ambulatory pathway

Beaussier

Marchand-Maillet

Dufeu

et al. 2015

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

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Post‐tonsillectomy pain in 24 children – utilising short message service (SMS) to assess postoperative outcomes

Cited by 19 publications

References 10 publications

Text Messaging Data Collection for Monitoring an Infant Feeding Intervention Program in Rural China: Feasibility Study

Text Messaging Data Collection for Monitoring an Infant Feeding Intervention Program in Rural China: Feasibility Study

Efficacy of Short Message Service Text Messaging Interventions for Postoperative Pain Management: Systematic Review

Organizational aspects to optimize patient's ambulatory pathway

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