A randomized controlled behavioral intervention trial to improve medication adherence in adult stroke patients with prescription tailored Short Messaging Service (SMS)-SMS4Stroke study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

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

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c EHealth   (Pakistan)

^d Tech4Life Enterprises and Technical Advisor Evidence Capacity and Policy mHealth Alliance United Nations Foundation   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; IT technology; Lower and middle income countries; Medication adherence; MHealth; Non communicable disease; Prevention; SMS; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOBILE PHONE; PAKISTAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; TEXT MESSAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REMINDER SYSTEM; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84945183114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-015-0471-5     Document Type: Article

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