Nathan E Botts / Monday, August 17, 2015 / Categories: Mental Health Mobile phone text message reminders: Measuring preferences of people with antipsychotic medication An article from the Schizophrenia Research journal From the article findings: "The study sample involved 562 people on antipsychotic medication, and a total of 2112 text messages (2 to 25 monthly) were analysed. Regarding message content, there was no significant variation in the proportions relating to 'medication', 'treatment appointments' or 'free time'. Monday was the most popular day to receive messages and morning was preferred to later in the day. Age was most closely associated with 'number of messages' and 'time of messages'. Older women and younger men preferred higher numbers of messages (p=0.0031). Participants preferred positive, encouraging and slightly humorous messages. The findings suggest that messages may be acceptable for difficult to access groups in follow-up. " Print 3874 Rate this article: No rating Tags: SMSHealth behaviortreatementmental healthmedicationmessage preferenceantipsychotic Study RegionFinlandOrganizationUniversity of TurkuIssue or ProblemPreferences regarding the type or timing of text messagesTech MediumSMSTechnology DeviceMobile PhonemFHAST ImplicationText message content preferences for populations receiving antipsychotic medication therapy More links Link to the abstract in PubMedThis type of intervention may be useful for various types of patients especially for younger males. To further support the evidence about factors related to message utilization and use, it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of text messages in psychiatric care Please login or register to post comments.