Avtor/Urednik		Gurol-Urganci, Ipek; de Jongh, Thyra; Vodopivec-Jamšek, Vlasta; Car, Josip; Atun, Rifat
Naslov		Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations
Tip		članek
Vir		Cochrane Database Syst Rev
Vol. in št.		, št. 6
Leto izdaje		2012
Obseg		str. 1-25, CD007456
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Background: Mobile phone messaging, such as Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Message Service (MMS), has rapidly grown into a mode of communication with a wide range of applications, including communicating the results from medical investigations to patients. Alternative modes of communication of results include face-to-face communication, postal messages, calls to landlines or mobile phones, through web-based health records and email. Possible advantages of mobile phone messaging include convenience to both patients and healthcare providers, reduced waiting times for health services and healthcare costs. Objectives: To assess the effects of mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations, on people's healthcare-seeking behaviour and health outcomes. Secondary objectives include assessment of participants' evaluation of the intervention, direct and indirect healthcare costs and possible risks and harms associated with the intervention. Search methods: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, The Cochrane Library 2009, Issue 2), MEDLINE (OvidSP) (January 1993 to June 2009), EMBASE (OvidSP) (January 1993 to June 2009), PsycINFO (OvidSP) (January 1993 to June 2009), CINAHL (EbscoHOST) (January 1993 to June 2009), LILACS (January 1993 to June 2009) and African Health Anthology (January 1993 to June 2009). We also reviewed grey literature (including trial registers) and reference lists of articles. Selection criteria: We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-randomised controlled trials (QRCTs), controlled before-after (CBA) studies, or interrupted time series (ITS) studies with at least three time points before and after the interventions. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
Deskriptorji		HEALTH SERVICES TELEPHONE MEDICAL RECORDS COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS HEALTH CARE COSTS