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Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations

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Appendices

Appendix 1. MEDLINE (Ovid) search strategy

  1. cellular phone/

  2. text messag$.ab,ti.

  3. texting.ab,ti.

  4. short messag$.ab,ti.

  5. sms.ab,ti.

  6. (multimedia messag$ or multi‐media messag$).ab,ti.

  7. mms.ab,ti.

  8. ((cellular phone$ or cell phone$ or mobile phone$) and (messag$ or text$)).ab,ti.

  9. or/1‐8

  10. randomized controlled trial.pt.

  11. controlled clinical trial.pt.

  12. randomized controlled trials.sh.

  13. random allocation.sh.

  14. double blind method.sh.

  15. single blind method.sh.

  16. or/10‐15

  17. animals/ not (human/ and animals/)

  18. 16 not 17

  19. clinical trial.pt.

  20. exp clinical trials/

  21. (clin$ adj25 trial$).ti,ab.

  22. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj25 (blind$ or mask$)).ti,ab.

  23. placebos.sh.

  24. placebo$.ti,ab.

  25. random$.ti,ab.

  26. research design.sh.

  27. or/19‐26

  28. 27 not 17

  29. 18 or 28

  30. exp evaluation studies/

  31. follow up studies/

  32. prospective studies/

  33. (control$ or prospectiv$ or volunteer$).tw.

  34. cross over studies/

  35. comparative study/

  36. or/30‐35

  37. experiment$.tw.

  38. (time adj series).tw.

  39. (pre test or pretest or (posttest or post test)).tw.

  40. (pre intervention or preintervention or (post intervention or postintervention)).tw.

  41. (impact$ or intervention$ or chang$ or outcome$).tw.

  42. effect$.tw.

  43. or/37‐42

  44. 36 and 43

  45. animals/ not (human/ and animals/

  46. 44 not 45

  47. 29 or 46

  48. 47 and 9

  49. limit 48 to yr="1993 ‐ 2008

Table 1. Characteristics of communication modes

Face‐to‐face

Postal Letter

Call to Landline

Call to Mobile

Web Based (EHR)

E‐mail

SMS / MMS

Immediacy

Slow: Requires a visit to provider.

Slow: 2 days

Immediate:
If person at home. Return call may be necessary.

Immediate:
If person answers (more likely than landline).
Return call may be necessary.

Immediate:

Immediate
Or stored

Immediate
Or stored

Privacy and Confidentiality

High:
Personal communication.

High:
Personally addressed

Low: Confidentiality prevents message being left as others may answer or retrieve it.

High:
Personal device enables possibility of message being left.

Moderate:
Personal / public device?

Moderate:
Personal / public device?

High if
Personal device.

Likelihood of misinterpretation

Low

Moderate

Low:
Patient can request immediate clarification.

Low:
Patient can request immediate clarification.

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Delivery confirmation

N/A

Yes:
at significant expense.

Unnecessary if call answered. No if message left.

Unnecessary if call answered. No if message left.

N/A

Yes

Yes

Cost

High

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Low

Low

Low

Figuras y tablas -
Table 1. Characteristics of communication modes