Delivery of Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments by Automated Mobile Phone Text Messaging

Christopher A Anthony; Ericka A Lawler; Natalie A Glass; Katelyn McDonald; Apurva S Shah

doi:10.1177/1558944716672201

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Delivery of Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments by Automated Mobile Phone Text Messaging

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Delivery of Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments by Automated Mobile Phone Text Messaging

Christopher A Anthony, Ericka A Lawler, Natalie A Glass, Katelyn McDonald and Apurva S Shah

Hand (New York, N.Y.), Vol.12(6), pp.614-621

11/2017

DOI: 10.1177/1558944716672201

PMCID: PMC5669321

PMID: 29091492

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Background: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments allow patients to interpret their health and are integral in evaluating orthopedic treatments and outcomes. The purpose of this study was to define: (1) correlation between PROs collected by automated delivery of text messages on mobile phones compared with paper delivery; and (2) patient use characteristics of a technology platform utilizing automated delivery of text messages on mobile phones. Methods: Paper versions of the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) and the short form of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH) were completed by patients in orthopedic hand and upper extremity clinics. Over the next 48 hours, the same patients also completed the mobile phone portion of the study outside of the clinic which included text message delivery of the SF-12 and QuickDASH, assigned in a random order. Correlations between paper and text message delivery of the 2 PROs were assessed. Results: Among 72 patients, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between the written and mobile phone delivery of QuickDASH was 0.91 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.85-0.95). The ICC between the paper and mobile phone delivery of the SF-12 physical health composite score was 0.88 (95% CI, 0.79-0.93) and 0.86 (95% CI, 0.75-0.92) for the SF-12 mental health composite score. Conclusions: We find that text message delivery using mobile phones permits valid assessment of SF-12 and QuickDASH scores. The findings suggest that software-driven automated delivery of text communication to patients via mobile phones may be a valid method to obtain other PRO scores in orthopedic patients.

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Title: Subtitle: Delivery of Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments by Automated Mobile Phone Text Messaging
Creators: Christopher A Anthony - University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, USA
Ericka A Lawler - University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, USA
Natalie A Glass - University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, USA
Katelyn McDonald - University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, USA
Apurva S Shah - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Hand (New York, N.Y.), Vol.12(6), pp.614-621
DOI: 10.1177/1558944716672201
PMID: 29091492
PMCID: PMC5669321
NLM abbreviation: Hand (N Y)
ISSN: 1558-9447
eISSN: 1558-9455
Publisher: SAGE Publications; Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA
Language: English
Date published: 11/2017
Academic Unit: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Record Identifier: 9984040352402771

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