Mobile phone text messaging to assess symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury and provide self-care support: A pilot study

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 302-312

  Suffoletto, Brian ^a   Wagner, Amy K ^a   Arenth, Patricia M ^a   Calabria, Jaclyn ^a   Kingsley, Evan ^a   Kristan, Jeffrey ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; mild; mobile phone; postconcussive symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOBILE PHONE TEXT MESSAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SELF CARE SUPPORT; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TEXT MESSAGING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CELLULAR PHONE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880835168     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3182847468     Document Type: Article

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