Reducing the anxiety of surgical patient's families access short message service.
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.
Huang
Fanpin
F
Institute of Healthy Informatics and Decision Making, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan.
Liu
Shuo-Chi
SC
Shih
Su-Mei
SM
Tao
Yao-Hua
YH
Wu
Jeng-Yuan
JY
Jeng
Shaw-Yeu
SY
Chang
Polun
P
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