Tammy Chang|Weyinshet Gossa|Adam L. Sharp|Zachary Rowe|Lauren Kohatsu|Enesha M. Cobb|Michele Heisler
Text messaging as a community-based survey tool: a pilot study
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Kaiser Permanente|H.B. Fuller (United States)|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
known whether using text messaging administer realtime survey questions feasible acceptable among lowincome urban african american adults used mixed methods approach including paper surveys surveys administered text message focus group survey questions included multiple choice likertlike scales open ended questions administered paper sent via text message daily varied times day six weeks study sample n 20 90 participants female 100 african american median age 307 years participants responded 72 10921512 multiple choice questions sent text message 76 5572 questions requiring responses likertlike scales content responses paper text message surveys differ participants reported focus group preferred text message surveys survey modalities used past paper phone internet inperson due ease convenience text messaging acceptable feasible preferred method collecting realtime survey data lowincome urban africanamerican community