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The effect of text message reminders on medication adherence among patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Text messages as a tool to improve cardiovascular disease risk factors control: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Cross-Cutting mHealth Behavior Change Techniques to Support Treatment Adherence and Self-Management of Complex Medical Conditions: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
- Mobile phone text messaging for medication adherence in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of health-promoting text messages on cardiovascular risk: findings from a randomized controlled trial in primary care.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Randomized comparison of the effects of tailored text messaging versus pillbox organizers on medication adherence of heart failure patients.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Trial
- Supporting women's health outcomes after breast cancer treatment comparing a text message intervention to usual care: the EMPOWER-SMS randomised clinical trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Trial
- 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
- Regular support provided by dermatological nurses improves outcomes in patients with psoriasis treated with topical drugs: a randomized controlled trial.Clinical and experimental dermatology · 2022Trial
- A Psycholgical Intervention Delivered by Automated Mobile Phone Messaging Stabilized Hip and Knee Function During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of arthroplasty · 2022Trial
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- Personality Traits and Treatment Adherence Among Parents of Children with Atopic Dermatitis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Intention to use mobile text message reminders for medication adherence among hypertensive patients in North West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Effects of Framed Mobile Messages on Beliefs, Intentions, Adherence, and Asthma Control: A Randomized Trial.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The WHO-ITU MyopiaEd Programme: A Digital Message Programme Targeting Education on Myopia and Its Prevention.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Systematic Review of RCTs Assessing the Effectiveness of mHealth Interventions to Improve Statin Medication Adherence: Using the Behaviour-Change Technique Taxonomy to Identify the Techniques That Improve Adherence.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTo determine the effectiveness of text message reminders (TMR) on medication adherence (MA) and to investigate the effects of TMR on clinical outcomes.
methodsThe PubMed, Cochrane library, EMbase, and China Biology Medicine databases were searched for randomized-controlled trials with TMR as the intervention for patients with coronary heart disease. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed the risk of bias. Meta-analysis was conducted using Stata 15.0 software.
resultsIn total, 1678 patients in 6 trials were included. Compared with the control group, the MA was 2.85 times greater among the intervention group (RR [relative risk] 2.85; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.07-7.58). TMR reduced systolic blood pressure (BP) (weighted mean difference) = -6.51; 95% CI -9.79 to -3.23), cholesterol (standard mean difference = -0.26; 95% CI -0.4 to -0.12) and increased the number of patients with BP <140/90 mm Hg (RR 1.39; 95% CI 1.26-1.54).
conclusionTMR significantly promoted MA and reduced systolic BP, cholesterol level, and body mass index, but had no effect on mortality, diastolic BP, or lipoproteins. However, substantial heterogeneity existed in our analyses.
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