Supporting patient adherence to antiretrovirals using mobile phone reminders: Patient responses from South India

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 612-617

  Sidney, Kristi ^a   Antony, Jimmy ^b   Rodrigues, Rashmi ^b   Arumugam, Karthika ^b   Krishnamurthy, Shubha ^b   D'Souza, George ^b   De Costa, Ayesha ^a   Shet, Anita ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

adherence; antiretroviral therapy; HIV; India; mobile phones

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOBILE PHONE REMINDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861324492     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.630357     Document Type: Review

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