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Text messages improve medicines adherence

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Text messages improve medicines adherence

Text messages may offer a “simple-to-use, cost-effective means” to promote adherence, according to a new integrative review of 13 studies.

Four papers failed to show that text messaging improved adherence but the other nine studies found text messaging improved adherence by between 15.3 and 17.8 per cent. However, the studies used a variety of methods to assess adherence and contact patients. For example, six studies asked the participant to respond to the text, so that the sender could, for example, address needs or answer questions.

Eight studies sent daily texts, but the number varied from three a day for 12 weeks to one a month for three months. Based on five studies, patients found the text messages moderately to highly helpful at promoting adherence.

(J Clinical Nurs Doi:10.1111/jocn.12918)

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