South Asian patient experience of text messages to enhance health

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Exploring the experiences and use of text messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management in South Asian patients

• IRAS ID

  246915

• Contact name

  Tahreem Chaudhry

• Contact email

  t_chaudhry@htmail.co.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Salford

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 5 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  This study seeks to understand the use of text messaging in the South Asian (SA) population to promote positive health behaviour, increase and support self-management of a Long-Term Condition (LTC). Alongside the exploration of the experiences of South Asian (SA) people, it will examine whether health beliefs, cultural and religious customs contribute to self-management, patient activation and engagement with text messaging. Health text messages delivered to SA patients using the NHS text messaging FLO system will be examined and behaviour resulting from the text messages recorded and interrogated. The study will generate a better understanding of who is and is not using text messaging, how and what influence this type of intervention has in the self-management of a LTC within an ethnic minority group.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/YH/0436

• Date of REC Opinion

  13 Feb 2019

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion