Collection of patient-reported outcomes; - Text messages on mobile phones provide valid scores and high response rates

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Christie, Anne ^a   Dagfinrud, Hanne ^a   Dale, Øystein ^b   Schulz, Trenton ^b   Hagen, Kåre Birger ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Frequent data collection; Mobile phone; Momentary assessment; Paper questionnaires; Patient reported outcome; Real time assessment; Rheumatic disease; Text messages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; TEXT MESSAGING;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SELF REPORT; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84899483114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-52     Document Type: Article

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