In a study by Jennings et al. (9), the 'perceived' benefit was that mobile phones were useful for receiving information and reminders concerning adherence to medication.
Retirement was anathema to Mr. Greenberg, a fitness and dietary devotee who periodically issued a pointed reminder to all concerned that his great-grandmother had worked as a pushcart vendor until she was 108 years old.
81 As opposed to previous satisfaction studies, our study result, with 72% of the participants indicating their satisfaction concerning the SMS reminders, was considerably higher.
They also serve as a reminder that concerns over nuclear arms proliferation in the Middle East, now focused on Iran, are decades old.
It is difficult to believe that an electronic reminder had no effect, and this study did not manage to extrapolate this data due to a lack of respondents and of clarity concerning which vaccination the reminder addressed.
Research has yielded encouraging results concerning the effect of reminders (post card, e-mail, telephone or instant messaging prompts) on adherence.
45 The data concerning participants' feedback on SMS reminders were collected between September 2012 and December 2013.
There are two concerning issues in the development of the discussion reminder.
But the financial crisis served as a useful reminder that history is replete with similar events and with evidence concerning which policy responses work.
