Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam|Andreas Lechner|Uta Ferrari|Guenter Froeschl|Dewan S. Alam|Rolf Holle|Jochen Seißler|Louis Niessen
Mobile phone intervention for increasing adherence to treatment for type 2 diabetes in an urban area of Bangladesh: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|Helmholtz Zentrum München|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
mobile phone technologies including sms short message service used improve delivery health services many countries however data effects mobile health technology patient outcomes resourcelimited settings limited aim study therefore measure impact mobile phone sms service treatment success newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes urban area bangladeshthis singlecentred randomized controlled intervention trial prospective comparing standardofcare standardofcare plus mobile phonebased sms intervention 6 months total 216 participants newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes recruited data collected outpatient department bangladesh institute health science bihs hospital baseline 6 months primary outcome measure change hba1c baseline 6 months secondary outcome measures selfreported medication adherence clinic attendance selfreported adoption healthy behaviours diabetes knowledge quality life cost effectiveness sms intervention inclusion criteria follows diagnosed patients type 2 diabetes bihs physician using oral medication therapy living dhaka city registered bihs hospital using mobile phone willing return follow 6 months providing written informed consent participants allocated control intervention arms recruitment using randomization software data collected sociodemographic economic information mobile phone use habits knowledge prevention management complications diabetes selfperceived quality life assessment selfreported diseases medical history family history diseases medication history medication adherence health seeking behaviour tobacco use physical activity diet mental health status life events disability anthropometric measurements weight height blood pressure blood tests hba1cmobile phone sms services potential communicate diabetes patients build awareness disease improve selfmanagement avoid complications also resourcelimited setting intervention proves efficient costeffective current trial largescale implementation could undertakendrks00005188