Table 5 Acceptability of SMSs amongst participants in hypertension survey

Evaluation of SMS campaign

n (%)

 Total sample (N)

41

 Read all or most of the SMSs about hypertension

41 (100)

 Felt that the SMSs improved hypertension knowledge

33 (80)

 Felt that the SMSs were easy to understand

32 (78)

 Found the SMSs useful

40 (98)

 Found the SMSs informative

36 (89)

 Found the SMSs trustworthy

29 (71)

 Felt that somebody cared about me/us

25 (61)

 Found the SMSs entertaining

22 (54)

 Found the information irrelevant

3 (7)

 Found the SMSs to be irritating

3 (7)

 Did not like the SMSs

0 (0)

 Normally get their health information from SMSs

19 (46)

 Felt SMSs were the best way of giving information to Deaf people

11 (27)