A randomized controlled behavioral intervention trial to improve medication adherence in adult stroke patients with prescription tailored Short Messaging Service (SMS)-SMS4Stroke study
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- 作者：Ayeesha Kamran Kamal ; Quratulain Shaikh ; Omrana Pasha ; Iqbal Azam…
- 关键词：Stroke ; Medication adherence ; SMS ; Prevention ; Non communicable disease ; mHealth ; IT technology ; Lower and middle income countries ; Cost effectiveness
- 刊名：BMC Neurology
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：15
- 期：1
- 全文大小：987 KB
- 刊物主题：Neurology; Neurochemistry; Neurosurgery;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2377
文摘
Background The effectiveness of mobile technology to improve medication adherence via customized Short Messaging Service (SMS) reminders for stroke has not been tested in resource poor areas. We designed a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of SMS on improving medication adherence in stroke survivors in Pakistan.