Text messaging to improve hypertension medication adherence in african americans from primary care and emergency department settings: Results from two randomized feasibility studies

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Buis, Lorraine ^a   Hirzel, Lindsey ^b   Dawood, Rachelle M ^c   Dawood, Katee L ^c   Nichols, Lauren P ^a   Artinian, Nancy T ^b   Schwiebert, Loren ^d   Yarandi, Hossein N ^b   Roberson, Dana N ^a   Plegue, Melissa A ^a   Mango, LynnMarie C ^c   Levy, Phillip D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blood pressure; Cell phone; Hypertension; Medication adherence; Telemedicine; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051046129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6630     Document Type: Article

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