Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2015
Pilot RCT of bidirectional text messaging for ART adherence among nonurban substance users with HIV.
Trial report in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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RCT of a Text Messaging Adherence Assessment & Intervention Tool for Rural HIV+ Drug Users
Pragmatic Efficacy Trial of mHealth to Improve HIV Outcomes in the DC Cohort
Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Digital Health Interventions for Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Outcomes in People With HIV: Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness and acceptability of conversational agents for sexual health promotion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sexual health · 2022Pooled it
- Technology-mediated just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to reduce harmful substance use: a systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Applying the Electronic Health Literacy Lens: Systematic Review of Electronic Health Interventions Targeted at Socially Disadvantaged Groups.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Electronic Health Interventions to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in People Living With HIV: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis in the effectiveness of mobile phone interventions used to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV infection.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of text messaging interventions on prevention, detection, treatment, and knowledge outcomes for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Feasibility and Effects of Digital Interventions to Support People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Promoting Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Patients Using Mobile Phone Technology.Applied clinical informatics · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an mHealth Intervention With Short Text Messages to Promote Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive Mexican Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Description of patient questions received by clinical pharmacists in the Nudge Study.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of an mHealth self-management intervention for persons living with HIV: the WiseApp randomized clinical trial.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2023Trial
- The Implementation of a Text Messaging Intervention to Improve HIV Continuum of Care Outcomes Among Persons Recently Released From Correctional Facilities: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
- Focus groups inform a mobile health intervention to promote adherence to a Mediterranean diet and engagement in physical activity among people living with HIV.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Text Messaging Intervention to Promote Virologic Suppression and Retention in Care in an Urban Safety-Net Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinic: The Connect4Care Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Trial
- Individualized texting for adherence building (iTAB) for methamphetamine users living with HIV: A pilot randomized clinical trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial of Daily Text Messages to Support Adherence to Preexposure Prophylaxis in Individuals at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The TAPIR Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Trial
- Large language model-based triage to identify antiretroviral therapy adherence barriers and risk levels in patient messages.JAMIA open · 2026Article
- Identifying Substance Use and High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth by Using Mobile Phone Data: Development and Validation Study.Online journal of public health informatics · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThis pilot study tested the preliminary efficacy of a theory-based bidirectional text messaging intervention (TEXT) on antiretroviral (ART) adherence, missed care visits, and substance use among people with HIV.
methodParticipants with recent substance use and ART nonadherence from 2 nonurban HIV clinics were randomized to TEXT or to usual care (UC). The TEXT intervention included daily queries of ART adherence, mood, and substance use. The system sent contingent intervention messages created by participants for reports of adherence/nonadherence, good mood/poor mood, and no substance use/use. Assessments were at preintervention, postintervention, and 3-month postintervention follow-up. Objective primary outcomes were adherence, measured by past 3-month pharmacy refill rate, and proportion of missed visits (PMV), measured by medical records. The rate of substance-using days from the timeline follow-back was a secondary outcome.
resultsSixty-three patients participated, with 33 randomized to TEXT and 30 to UC. At preintervention, adherence was 64.0%, PMV was 26.9%, and proportion of days using substances was 53.0%. At postintervention, adherence in the TEXT condition improved from 66% to 85%, compared with 62% to 71% in UC participants (p = .04). PMV improved from 23% to 9% for TEXT participants and 31% to 28% in UC participants (p = .12). There were no significant differences between conditions in substance-using days at postintervention. At 3-month follow-up, differences were not significant.
conclusionsPersonalized bidirectional text messaging improved adherence and shows promise to improve visit attendance, but did not reduce substance using days. This intervention merits further testing and may be cost-efficient given its automation.
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