Effectiveness and Acceptability of Targeted Text Message Reminders in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Randomized Controlled Trial (M-TICS Study)

Nuria Vives   ^{1, 2} , MD, MPH ;   Noemie Travier   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Albert Farre   ³ , PhD ;   Gemma Binefa   ^{1, 2, 4} , PhD ;   Carmen Vidal   ^{1, 2, 4} , MD, MPH ;   Maria Jose Pérez Lacasta   ^{5, 6, 7} , PhD ;   Gemma Ibáñez-Sanz   ^{8, 9} , PhD ;   Ena Pery Niño de Guzmán   ^{1, 10} , PhD ;   Jon Aritz Panera   ^{1, 2} , BMath ;   Montse Garcia   ^{1, 2, 4} , PhD ;   M-TICS Research Group   ¹¹

¹ Cancer Screening Unit, Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

² Early Detection of Cancer Group, Epidemiology, Public Health, Cancer Prevention and Palliative Care Program, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

³ School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

⁴ Ciber Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

⁵ Department of Economics, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain

⁶ Research Group Economic Challenges for the Next Generation (ECO-NEXT), Reus, Spain

⁷ Research Center on Economics and Sustainability (ECO-SOS), Reus, Spain

⁸ Gastroenterology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

⁹ Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

¹⁰ Vall d' Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

¹¹ See Acknowledgments