The Cameroon Mobile Phone SMS (CAMPS) Trial: A Randomized Trial of Text Messaging versus Usual Care for Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Mbuagbaw, Lawrence ^a,b   Thabane, Lehana ^b,c   Ongolo Zogo, Pierre ^a   Lester, Richard T ^d,e   Mills, Edward J ^f   Smieja, Marek ^b,c   Dolovich, Lisa ^b   Kouanfack, Charles ^a  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEROON; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TEXT MESSAGING; VIRUS LOAD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870832143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046909     Document Type: Article

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