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Text Messaging for Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence: No Effects After 1 Year in a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Adolescents and Young Adults
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Objectives. To assess the effectiveness of Short Message Service (SMS) reminder messages on antiretroviral and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis adherence among HIV-positive youths as well as the relative effectiveness of SMS with and without a response option. Methods. Eligible HIV-positive patients aged 15 to 22 years at 2 HIV clinics in Kampala, Uganda, participated in a year-long parallel individual-randomized controlled trial and were assigned in a 1-to-1-to-1 ratio to a weekly SMS message group, weekly SMS message with response option group, or a usual-care control group. Results. We enrolled 332 participants. Electronically measured mean adherence was 67% in the control group, 64% in the 1-way SMS group (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.77, 1.14), and 61% in the 2-way SMS group (95% CI = 0.75, 1.12) in an intent-to-treat analysis. Results for secondary outcomes and complete-case analysis were similarly statistically insignificant across groups. Conclusions. Despite previous evidence that interventions using SMS reminders can promote antiretroviral therapy adherence, this study shows that they are not always effective in achieving behavior change. More research is needed to find out for whom, and under what conditions, they can be beneficial. Trial registration. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00830622.
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- Authors
- Linnemayr, S., Huang, H., Luoto, J., Kambugu, A., Thirumurthy, H., Haberer, J. E., Wagner, G., & Mukasa, B.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2017-12
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1944-1950
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- PMC
- PMC5678388
- OpenAlex
- W2766986383
- Cited by
- 106
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 7
- FWCI
- 13.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- RAND Corporation
- National Institutes of Health
- Joint Research Centre
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD074925, P2CHD050924)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Keywords
- SMS reminders, antiretroviral therapy adherence, HIV, adolescents and young adults, cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, behavior change
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Female, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Male, Uganda, Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination, Reminder Systems, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Anti-HIV Agents, Medication Adherence, Young Adult, Intention to Treat Analysis, Text Messaging
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