Runsen Zhuang|Yueying Xiang|Ting Han|Guo-An Yang|Yuan Zhang|Cao Li|Cai Minyi
Short message service usage may improve the public's self?health management: A community?based randomized controlled study
Shenzhen University Health Science Center|Jinan University|181st Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army|Shenzhen University Health Science Center|Shenzhen University Health Science Center|Shenzhen University Health Science Center|Shenzhen University Health Science Center|Jinan University
last decade witnessed unprecedented growth mobile phone use links millions previously unconnected people ubiquity mobile phones allows use short message service sms offers new innovative opportunities disease prevention health education sms usage appears feasible popular effective way improving health literacy study measured effect sms health education improvement health management shenzhen chinathis communitybased randomized controlled study total 32 communities randomly chosen 320 200 participants randomly sampled selected community subjects equally divided two groups random half participants received health intervention messages via internetbased sms almost year data analyzed descriptive inferential statistical methodsthe proportion participants involved selfhealth management increased 3092 3868 year 2 4249 p 0001 intervention group people marginal health literacy reported highest increase 1092 people low health literacy reported smallest 525 control group showed difference baseline final health management proportions 2802 2964 p 005 statistical difference prevalence chronic disease 1516 1389 p 005 found intervention intervention group prevalence intervention group lower intervention control group 1733 2 1445 p 0001sms may powerful tool improving publics health literacy health management widely available popular affordable instant