Jiho Kim|Wendy Zhang|Maureen Nyonyitono|Lillian Lourenço|Mastula Nanfuka|Stephen Okoboi|Josephine Birungi|Richard Lester|Pontiano Kaleebu|Paula Munderi|David Moore
Feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone short message service as a support for patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda: a cross?sectional study
AIDS Vancouver|AIDS Vancouver|The AIDS Support Organization|AIDS Vancouver|The AIDS Support Organization|The AIDS Support Organization|The AIDS Support Organization|University of British Columbia|Uganda Virus Research Institute|Uganda Virus Research Institute|University of British Columbia|AIDS Vancouver
mobile phone technologies promoted improve adherence antiretroviral therapy art studied receptiveness patients rural ugandan setting use short messaging service sms communication purposeswe performed crosssectional analysis measuring mobile phone ownership literacy amongst patients aids support organisation taso jinja uganda performed bivariate multivariate logistic regression analyses examine associations explanatory variables composite outcome literate mobile phonefrom june 2012 august 2013 enrolled 895 participants 684 76 female median age 44 years total 576 63 literate mobile phone users 91 527 576 responded favourably potential use sms health communication 389 124319 others favourable idea p0001 lower proportion literate mobile phone users reported optimal adherence art 864 vs 906 p0007 male participants aor281 95 ci 183430 suboptimal adherence aor176 95 ci 112277 waged salaried employment aor235 95 ci 123449 craftstrade work aor238 95 ci 111512 involved petty trade aor185 95 ci 109313 comparison income likely report mobile phone ownership literacyin rural ugandan setting found 60 patients could potentially benefit mobile phonebased art adherence support however support intervention lower patients