Ayeesha Kamran Kamal|Quratulain Shaikh|Omrana Pasha|Iqbal Azam|Muhammad Shahidul Islam|Adeel Memon|Hasan Rehman|Masood A. Akram|Muhammad Affan|Saima Nazir|Shuokr Qarani Aziz|Muhammad Saeed Jan|Anita Andani|Abdul Muqeet|Bilal Ahmed|Shariq Khoja
A randomized controlled behavioral intervention trial to improve medication adherence in adult stroke patients with prescription tailored Short Messaging Service (SMS)-SMS4Stroke study
Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Aga Khan Development Network|Aga Khan University|United Nations Foundation
effectiveness mobile technology improve medication adherence via customized short messaging service sms reminders stroke tested resource poor areas designed randomized controlled trial test effectiveness sms improving medication adherence stroke survivors pakistan parallel group assessorblinded randomized controlled superiority trial participants centrally randomized fixed block sizes adult participants multiple medications access cell phone stroke least 4 weeks onset onset defined last seen normal eligible intervention group addition usual care received reminder sms 2 months contained personalized prescription tailored daily medication reminders b twice weekly health information sms health belief model social cognitive theory used design language content messages frontline sms software used sms delivery medication adherence selfreported measured validated urdu version morisky medication adherence questionnaire multiple linear regression used model outcome intervention covariates analysis conducted intentiontotreat principle two hundred participants enrolled 38 participants lost followup 2 months mean medication score 74 95 ci 7276 intervention group 67 95 ci 64702 control group adjusted mean difference 054 95 ci 022085 mean diastolic blood pressure intervention group 26 mmhg 95 ci 55 015 lower compared usual care group short intervention customized sms improve medication adherence effect stroke risk factors like diastolic blood pressure stroke survivors complex medication regimens living resource poor areas clinicaltrialsgov nct01986023 last accessed httpsclinicaltrialsgovct2shownct01986023