Feasibility, acceptability and validity of SMS text messaging for measuring change in depression during a randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-

  Richmond, Stewart J ^a   Keding, Ada ^b   Hover, Magdalene ^c   Gabe, Rhian ^b   Cross, Ben ^a   Torgerson, David ^b   MacPherson, Hugh ^b  

^a Sydera Research Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Outcome assessment; Randomised controlled trial; SMS; Text messaging; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TEXT MESSAGING; WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926649662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0456-3     Document Type: Article

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