The Impact of a Text Messaging Service (Tonsil-Text-To-Me) on Pediatric Perioperative Tonsillectomy Outcomes: Cohort Study With a Historical Control Group

Lori Wozney   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Negar Vakili   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Jill Chorney   ^{3, 4 *} , RPsych, PhD ;   Alexander Clark   ^{5 *} , MSci ;   Paul Hong   ^{6, 7 *} , MSc, MD

¹ Mental Health and Addictions, Policy and Planning, Nova Scotia Health, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

² Centre for Research in Family Health, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada

³ Mental Health and Addictions, IWK Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁶ Division of Otolaryngology, IWK Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁷ Division of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

*all authors contributed equally