Sebastian Linnemayr|Haijing Huang|Jill Luoto|Andrew Kambugu|Harsha Thirumurthy|Jessica Haberer|Glenn Wagner|Barbara Mukasa
Text Messaging for Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence: No Effects After 1 Year in a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital|Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital|Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital|Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital|Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital|Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital|Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital|Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School|Makerere University|RAND Corporation|Massachusetts General Hospital
objectives assess effectiveness short message service sms reminder messages antiretroviral cotrimoxazole prophylaxis adherence among hivpositive youths well relative effectiveness sms without response option methods eligible hivpositive patients aged 15 22 years 2 hiv clinics kampala uganda participated yearlong parallel individualrandomized controlled trial assigned 1to1to1 ratio weekly sms message group weekly sms message response option group usualcare control group results enrolled 332 participants electronically measured mean adherence 67 control group 64 1way sms group 95 confidence interval ci 077 114 61 2way sms group 95 ci 075 112 intenttotreat analysis results secondary outcomes completecase analysis similarly statistically insignificant across groups conclusions despite previous evidence interventions using sms reminders promote antiretroviral therapy adherence study shows always effective achieving behavior change research needed find conditions beneficial trial registration clinicaltrialsgov identifier nct00830622