An Automated Text Messaging System (Tonsil-Text-To-Me) to Improve Tonsillectomy Perioperative Experience: Exploratory Qualitative Usability and Feasibility Study

Nathan Farias   ^{1 *} , BSc, MSc ;   Benjamin Rose-Davis   ^{2 *} , MHI ;   Paul Hong   ^{3, 4 *} , MSc, MD, FRCSC ;   Lori Wozney   ^{5 *} , PhD

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

² Centre for Research in Family Health, Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada

³ Division of Otolaryngology, Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁴ Division of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁵ Nova Scotia Health Authority, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

*all authors contributed equally