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Coverage and Acceptability of Mobile Phone Messages for Cancer Prevention: a Population-Based Study in a Latin American Country.
Murillo, Raúl; Ordóñez-Reyes, Camila; Caicedo-Martínez, María; Vargas, Sandra Paola; Ariza, Elsa; Schüz, Joachim; Espina, Carolina.
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  • Murillo R; Centro Javeriano de Oncología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia. rmurillo@husi.org.co.
  • Ordóñez-Reyes C; Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. rmurillo@husi.org.co.
  • Caicedo-Martínez M; Prevention and Implementation Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. rmurillo@husi.org.co.
  • Vargas SP; , Bogotá, Colombia. rmurillo@husi.org.co.
  • Ariza E; Centro Javeriano de Oncología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Schüz J; Centro Javeriano de Oncología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Espina C; Centro Javeriano de Oncología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.
J Cancer Educ ; 37(4): 1000-1008, 2022 08.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33185816
Mobile health (m-health) has shown positive effects on disease prevention; however, several factors might influence its effectiveness, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Randomized trials provide data with high internal validity but no major information on population impact. We conducted a pilot population-based study to assess the feasibility of cancer prevention through m-health in a Latin American population. A sample of affiliates to a health insurance company in Colombia was randomly selected and assigned to receive a short message service (SMS) or voice messages (VMS) during 4 weeks; weekly frequencies 2 and 7. Baseline and post-intervention surveys were conducted. Overall, 797 affiliates were contacted (SMS 393, VMS 404) but only 15.3% and 24.8% enrolled, respectively. Over 80% acceptability was observed among participants for all items evaluated (usefulness, understandability, timing, and frequency); however, 2-VMS per week was the only frequency consistent with the declared number of messages received and listened. Other frequencies resulted in high reception recall but low willingness to read/listen the messages. The willingness to be part of future programs was 20.0%. The gap between declared acceptability and practice, low participation rates, and low willingness to read/listen messages indicate m-health should be part of multicomponent interventions and should not be conceived as the sole intervention.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Telemedicina / Telefone Celular / Envio de Mensagens de Texto / Neoplasias Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Telemedicina / Telefone Celular / Envio de Mensagens de Texto / Neoplasias Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article