Evaluating the use of real-time data collection using SMS texts in the SIMS study

Background A recent innovation in Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) collection is the use of SMS texts. Results from a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) found this realtime data collection was both feasible and acceptable. As part of the multicentre NIHR HTA funded SIMS study (Adjustable Anchored Single-Incision Mini-Slings Versus Standard Tension-Free Mid-Urethral Slings in the Surgical Management Of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence; A Pragmatic Multicentre Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial), we evaluated responses to a post-surgery pain diary comparing PROs collected via texts and paper. The study raised several interesting data collection.