SMS messages increase adherence to rapid diagnostic test results among malaria patients: Results from a pilot study in Nigeria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Modrek, Sepideh ^a   Schatzkin, Eric ^b   De La Cruz, Anna ^b   Isiguzo, Chinwoke ^c   Nwokolo, Ernest ^c   Anyanti, Jennifer ^c   Ujuju, Chinazo ^c   Montagu, Dominic ^b   Liu, Jenny ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Key Population Community HIV AIDS Action and Response   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adherence to rapid diagnostic test for malaria; Malaria; Nigeria; SMS intervention

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NIGERIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84895930830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-69     Document Type: Article

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