Improving medication adherence in stroke patients through Short Text Messages (SMS4Stroke)-study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kamal, Ayeesha Kamran ^a   Shaikh, Quratulain Nauman ^b   Pasha, Omrana ^b   Azam, Iqbal ^b   Islam, Muhammad ^b   Memon, Adeel Ali ^b   Rehman, Hasan ^a   Affan, Muhammad ^b   Nazir, Sumaira ^b   Aziz, Salman ^b   Jan, Muhammad ^b   Andani, Anita ^b   Muqeet, Abdul ^c   Ahmed, Bilal ^a   Khoja, Shariq ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Aga Khan University Department of Community Health Sciences ^*  (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medication adherence; Prevention; SMS; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORISKY MEDICATION ADHERENCE SCALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; ROGERS DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; STROKE PATIENT; TEXT MESSAGING; THEORY; PAKISTAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMINDER SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PAKISTAN; RECURRENCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84940202035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-015-0413-2     Document Type: Article

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