title: Reducing the anxiety of surgical patient's families access short message service.
abstract: This study was to build a web-based short messaging service (SMS) system in operating room. We approached the efficiency of SMS for patient's families during the time series (pre-, intra-, and post-operation). In this study, 322 participants received 685 text messages. The findings show the usability of SMS that applied to the clinical care, especially for reducing family anxiety, improved their satisfaction. Therefore, it is suggested to exploit the effectiveness of personal medical care.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Healthy Informatics and Decision Making, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Fanpin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shuo-Chi
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Su-Mei
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Yao-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Jeng-Yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shaw-Yeu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: Polun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control*; D040421:Cell Phone; D034742:Electronic Mail; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires