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ReviewIranian Red Crescent medical journal2016

The Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Text Messaging in Improving Medication Adherence for Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review.

Roghayeh Ershad Sarabi, Farahnaz Sadoughi, Roohangiz Jamshidi Orak, Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy

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Review in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04119375 (Behavior Change and Digital Health Interventions for Improved TB Treatment Outcomes), which is not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

NCT04119375 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Behavior Change and Digital Health Interventions for Improved TB Treatment Outcomes: a RCT

TypeinterventionalSponsorMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRan2018 to 2021Enrolled16,146ConditionsTuberculosis, Adherence, Patient, Adherence, Medication, Drug-resistant TuberculosisArmsKeheala Mobile Health Platform and Behavioral Interventions, Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC), SMS Reminder, Standard of Care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Effectiveness of interventions for reducing TB incidence in countries with low TB incidence: a systematic review of reviews.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2019
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  13. Interventions to improve adherence to inhaled steroids for asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  17. 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 · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Roghayeh Ershad SarabiHealth Information Management Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Farahnaz SadoughiHealth Information Management Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Roohangiz Jamshidi OrakHealth Information Management Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Kambiz BahaadinbeigyMedical Informatics Research Center, Institute of Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextMedication non-adherence is a commonly observed problem in the self-administration of treatment, regardless of the disease type. Text messaging reminders, as electronic reminders, provide an opportunity to improve medication adherence. In this study, we aimed to provide evidence addressing the question of whether text message reminders were effective in improving patients' adherence to medication. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: We carried out a systematic literature search, using the five electronic bibliographic databases: PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and the Cochrane central register of controlled trials. Studies were included on the basis of whether they examined the benefits and effects of short-message service (SMS) interventions on medication adherence.

resultsThe results of this systematic review indicated that text messaging interventions have improved patients' medication adherence rate (85%, 29.34). Included in the review, those who had problems with adherence, or those whom text messaging was most helpful had HIV, asthma, diabetes, schizophrenia and heart disease (73.5%). The period of intervention varied from 1 week to 14 months. The most common study design was randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (66%) carried out in the developed countries.

conclusionsThis study demonstrated the potential of mobile phone text messaging for medication non-adherence problem solving.

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Cellular PhonesChronic DiseaseMedication AdherenceReviewText Messaging

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PMID27437126
PMCPMC4939231

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