Table 5.

Acceptability of SMSs amongst participants in hypertension survey

Acceptability of SMSs among participants who completed the 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)