A randomized blinded controlled trial of mobile phone reminders on the follow-up medical care of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children in Cameroon: Study protocol (MORE CARE)

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bigna, Jean Joel R ^a,b,c   Kouanfack, Charles ^a,d   Noubiap, Jean Jacques N ^e   Plottel, Claudia S ^f   Koulla Shiro, Sinata ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Goulfey District Hospital   (Cameroon)

^d YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^e Internal Medicine Unit Edea Regional Hospital   (Cameroon)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Attendance; Children; HIV; MORE CARE; Phone calls; Resource limited setting; Short message service (SMS); Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL CARE; MOBILE PHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEXT MESSAGING; WORKING TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CAMEROON; CELLULAR PHONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884518636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-313     Document Type: Article

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