Better Ask Than Tell: Responses to mHealth Interrogative Reminders and Associations With Colorectal Cancer Screening Subsequent Uptake in a Prospective Cohort Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Text message (short message service, SMS) interrogative reminders were adopted in population screening for the early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC).

Objective

This study aims to examine responses to text message (SMS) reminders and associate responses with senders' characteristics, message type (interrogative/declarative), and subsequent screening uptake.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort intervention. Text message (SMS) reminders to undergo CRC screening, randomized into interrogative and declarative phrasing, were sent to nonadherent 40,000 women and men (age 50-74 years) at CRC average risk. We analyzed recipient responses by message phrasing, recipient characteristics, and for content, the latter predicting subsequent CRC screening per pro

SUBMITTER: Hagoel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6360382 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature