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ReviewCaspian journal of internal medicine2018

A systematic review on reminder systems in physical therapy.

Majid Jangi, Cesar Ferandez-de-Las-Penas, Mahmoud Tara, Fateme Moghbeli, Fariba Ghaderi, Khodabakhsh Javanshir

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Review in Caspian journal of internal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Majid JangiDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Cesar Ferandez-de-Las-PenasDepartment of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain.
Mahmoud TaraDepartment of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Fateme MoghbeliDepartment of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fariba GhaderiDepartment, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Khodabakhsh JavanshirMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institate, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol Iran.

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Abstract

backgroundThe main goal of physical therapy is to help the patient gain a better health status. Several studies have investigated the use of reminders to prevent such failures on the patients' side. This article presents a systematic review of the literature concerning reminders in physical therapy.

methodsDatabases were searched until May 2017 and literatures were found from April 1992 until 2017. The literature recruitment strategy was based on applying several keywords and Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) combination running against title and abstract, including concepts such as reminder, physical therapy. The finally selected articles were categorized through reminder aspects such as how, who feedback. Data were extracted according to PRISMA guidelines.

resultsIn 47% of studies, the reminder was sent to the patients, 29% to the physical therapists and 12% to the caretaker team. In 24% of the studies, paper-based letters were main medium for reminders while the rest were various types of media like emails and SMS mobile text messages. 35% of the articles showed positive effects of the reminders.

conclusionsMany reminder methods consisted of SMS, phone calls, letters, emails and notices on the wall were used in physical therapy. Reminders may be used to improve patients' adherence to exercise programs.

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Physical therapyReminderSystematic review

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PMID29387313
PMCPMC5771354

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