Trial reportTelemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association2012
Feasibility and acceptability of mobile epilepsy educational system (MEES) for people with epilepsy in Malaysia.
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- Service delivery, behavioural, and self-management interventions for adults with epilepsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Development of an epilepsy self-management mobile health app framework: Content validity study results.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
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- Use of mHealth systems and tools for non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2014Pooled it
- Use of mobile phone text message reminders in health care services: a narrative literature review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life improvement via telemedicine for epilepsy: printed versus SMS-based education intervention.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2013Trial
- Investigating the role of mobile health in epilepsy management: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Review
- Self-Management Apps for People With Epilepsy: Systematic Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Patient Experience During Virtual and In-Person Urgent Care Visits: Time and Cost Analysis.Journal of patient experience · 2021Article
- Telehealth in pediatric epilepsy care: A rapid transition during the COVID-19 pandemic.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2020Review
- Establishing Telemedicine in an Academic Total Joint Arthroplasty Practice: Needs and Opportunities Highlighted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.Arthroplasty today · 2020Article
- Searching for the optimal measuring frequency in longitudinal studies -- an example utilizing short message service (SMS) to collect repeated measures among patients with low back pain.BMC medical research methodology · 2016Article
- The Tell on Telehealth.Epilepsy currentsReview
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Abstract
backgroundTelemedicine innovations, including short message service (SMS), have been used to address a range of health concerns in a variety of settings. Practical, safe, and cost-effective, this simple tool can also potentially improve patients' understanding toward their own diseases via knowledge enhancement. This study was designed to develop and assess the feasibility and acceptability of an SMS-based epilepsy educational program for epilepsy patients. SUBJECTS AND
methodsThis was a prospective randomized interventional study. Epilepsy outpatients from three general hospitals in East Coast Peninsular Malaysia received the SMS-based mobile epilepsy educational system (MEES) for a 3-month period.
resultsIn total, 51 patients completed the study (median age, 25.0 years; 51.0% female; 92.2% Malay; 56.9% single; education level, 70.6% ≤SPM/Cambridge O-level equivalent; 25.5% supportive workers; monthly income, 58.8% ≤MYR 500.0/USD 158.5). Approximately 86.0% of the patients owned at least a mobile phone. The total cost of SMS delivery was economically affordable (MYR 3.08/USD 0.98 per patient). Overall, 74.0% agreed that MEES was either very or quite useful. It is encouraging that the majority of patients have offered positive comments and favorable opinions specifically toward epilepsy education (94.0%), drug-taking reminder (90.0%), and clinic appointment reminder (88.0%). It was also reported that 88.2% of the participants would recommend MEES to other people with epilepsy.
conclusionsThe current study adds to the growing evidence suggesting that a greater investment in telemedicine programs involving SMS would be both feasible and well received by patients and could be a potentially valuable approach to increase access and effectiveness of epilepsy care.
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