Perceptions and Acceptability of Receiving SMS Self-care Messages in Chinese Patients With Heart Failure: An Inpatient Survey.

CONCLUSION: As a way of promoting HF self-care, SMS intervention combining educational and reminder function might be well accepted by HF patients in China. The status of HF, medication, weight control, and fluid restriction should be emphasized during the practice. Caution should be drawn as the survey was not tested elsewhere. Further clinical trials would be conducted to examine the effect of SMS intervention on self-care behaviors and outcomes of HF patients.
PMID: 27617565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - September 9, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Li X, Chen C, Qu MY, Li Z, Xu Y, Duan XF, Chen X, Zhang Q, You GY Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research