ArticleVaccines2023
Effect of Phone Text Message Reminders on Compliance with Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis following Dog Bites in Rural Kenya.
Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Nationwide registry-based analysis of rabies exposures in Iran: Epidemiological patterns and post-exposure prophylaxis adherence.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Telephonic reminders for improving anti-rabies vaccination completion at a rural primary health centre: A quality improvement initiative.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Healthcare accessibility to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in rural Kenya: implications for vaccine placement and travel time.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Drivers of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis noncompletion in Cambodia, 2019 to 2022.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
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- Rabies vaccination adherence and associated factors among rabies-exposed patients in Shenzhen, China: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.Epidemiology and infection · 2024Article
- A review of human dog-bite injuries in Kitui South subcounty, Kenya (2017-2021).Veterinary record open · 2023Article
- Enhancing India's Rabies Eradication Efforts: A Holistic Approach.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
The prompt administration of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is one of the key strategies for ending human deaths from rabies. A delay in seeking the first dose of rabies PEP, or failure to complete the recommended dosage, may result in clinical rabies and death. We assessed the efficacy of short message system (SMS) phone texts in improving the adherence to scheduled PEP doses among bite patients in rural eastern Kenya. We conducted a single-arm, before-after field trial that compared adherence among bite patients presenting at Makueni Referral Hospital between October and December 2018 (control) and between January and March 2019 (intervention). Data on their demographics, socio-economic status, circumstances surrounding the bite, and expenditures related to the bite were collected. A total of 186 bite patients were enrolled, with 82 (44%) in the intervention group, and 104 (56%) in the control group. The odds of PEP completion were three times (OR 3.37, 95% CI 1.28, 10.20) more likely among patients who received the SMS reminder, compared to the control. The intervention group had better compliance on the scheduled doses 2 to 5, with a mean deviation of 0.18 days compared to 0.79 days for the control group (
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