Remote after-care using smartphones: A feasibility study of monitoring children's pain with automated SMS messaging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring children's recovery postoperatively is important for routine care, research, and quality improvement. Although telephone follow-up is common, it is also time-consuming and intrusive for families. Using SMS messaging to communicate with families regarding their child's recovery has the potential to address these concerns. While a previous survey at our institution indicated that parents were willing to communicate with the hospital by SMS, data on response rates for SMS-based postoperative data collection is limited, particularly in pediatric populations.

Aims

We conducted a feasibility study with 50 completed pain profiles obtained from patients at Perth Children's Hospital to examine response rates.

Methods

We collected and classified daily aver

SUBMITTER: Drake-Brockman TFE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544247 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature