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Trial reportTelemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association2016

Proof of Concept of a Mobile Health Short Message Service Text Message Intervention That Promotes Adherence to Oral Anticancer Agent Medications: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sandra L Spoelstra, Charles W Given, Alla Sikorskii, Constantinos K Coursaris, Atreyee Majumder, Tracy DeKoekkoek, Monica Schueller, Barbara A Given

Open access · greenAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandra L Spoelstra1 College of Nursing, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Charles W Given2 Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Alla Sikorskii3 Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Constantinos K Coursaris4 Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Atreyee Majumder3 Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Tracy DeKoekkoek1 College of Nursing, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Monica Schueller1 College of Nursing, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Barbara A Given1 College of Nursing, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Text Messaging to Improve Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy AgentsR15CA176595 · NCI · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SPOELSTRA, SANDRA LEE · 2013 to 2013
$465k
NCI NIH HHS R15 CA176595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis multisite, randomized controlled trial assigned 75 adult cancer patients prescribed an oral anticancer agent to either an experimental group that received daily text messages for adherence for 21 days plus usual care or a control group that received usual care. MATERIALS AND

methodsMeasures were administered at baseline, weekly (Weeks 1-8), and at exit (Week 9). A satisfaction survey was conducted following the intervention. Acceptability, feasibility, and satisfaction were examined. Primary outcomes were adherence and symptoms. Secondary outcomes were depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, cognition, physical function, and social support. Mixed or general linear models were used for the analyses comparing trial groups. Effect sizes (ES) were estimated to gauge clinical significance.

resultsRegarding acceptability, 57.2% (83 of 145) of eligible patients consented, 88% (n = 37 of 42) receiving text messages read them most or all of the time, and 90% (n = 38) were satisfied. The differences between experimental and control groups' ES were 0.29 for adherence, 0.21 for symptom severity, and 0.21 for symptom interference, and differences were not statistically significant. Furthermore, perceived social support was higher (p = 0.04; ES = 0.54) in the experimental group.

conclusionsProof of concept and preliminary efficacy of a mobile health intervention using text messages to promote adherence for patients prescribed oral anticancer agents were demonstrated. Patients accepted and had high satisfaction with the intervention, and adherence improved after the intervention. Text messages show promise. Additional research is needed prior to use in practice.

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Drug MonitoringAgedAntineoplastic AgentsCell PhoneCognitionDepressionFemaleHealth StatusHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPatient SatisfactionReminder SystemsSelf EfficacyAntineoplastic Agentsbehavioral healthmobile healthtechnologyteleoncology

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PMID26716365
PMCPMC4892193
OpenAlexW2216970485

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