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Evaluation of an mHealth Intervention Using an Automated Text Message (SMS) Invitation System to Increase Participation in Mammography Screening Among Women Aged 50-69 Years in the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating SMS for Breast Cancer Screening. Completed, enrolled 248 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
We carried out with a mixed-method study including a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to evaluate effectiveness of the intervention and quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the implementation from women and stakeholders' perspective. In this report, we present results of the pragmatic randomized control trial and implementation evaluation from women´s perspective guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework, specifically developed to assess interventions beyond efficacy across multiple public health criteria. RE-AIM framework was integrated in all stages of the research process, including conceptualization (e.g., selecting implementation processes that would be evaluated), data collection and analysis. Following Proctor´s Taxonomy of Implementation Outcomes \[34\], we also measured acceptability and appropriateness, which are essential to understand the success (or failure) of the implementation of an intervention from users' perspective. This approach is the same as we used to evaluate implementation in our previous study (The ATICA study).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention included two series of SMS messages. First, women of IG received one weekly SMS messages for 2 weeks. Those women that did not register a mammography in SITAM 45 days after the 2nd message, received the second series, consisting of one weekly SMS message over two weeks.