The Use of Text Messaging to Improve the Hospital-to-Community Transition in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients (Txt2Prevent): Intervention Development and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol

Emily S Ross   ¹ , BASc ;   Brodie M Sakakibara   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Martha H Mackay   ⁴ , RN, PhD ;   David GT Whitehurst   ^{2, 5} , PhD ;   Joel Singer   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Mustafa Toma   ⁸ , MD ;   Kitty K Corbett   ^{2, 9} , PhD ;   Harriette GC Van Spall   ^{10, 11} , MD, MPH ;   Kimberly Rutherford   ¹² , MSc, MD ;   Bobby Gheorghiu   ¹³ , MHSc ;   Jillianne Code   ¹⁴ , PhD ;   Scott A Lear   ^{1, 2, 8} , PhD

¹ Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

² Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

³ Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁴ School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁵ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁶ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁷ Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁸ Division of Cardiology, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁹ School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹² Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

¹³ Canada Health Infoway, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada