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Improving Medication Adherence Through SMS (Short Messaging Service) in Adult Stroke Patients: a Randomised Controlled Behaviour Intervention Trial

NCT01986023 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2014-08-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The impact of medications used for secondary stroke prevention relies heavily upon patient adherence. Adherence is defined as "the extent to which a person's behavior - taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes, corresponds with agreed recommendations from a health care provider." It is said that optimal adherence to medications may reduce the risk of a poor outcome by 26%.

The purpose of this study which is a non-pharmacologic behavioral study is to encourage adherence to medications in stroke survivors by tailored and specific SMS reminders. (Short Text Messages). These SMS reminders will support and assist stroke patients to take medications as prescribed and on time. We hypothesise that SMS will improve the adherence of patients to stroke medications by 2 points on the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SMS- Short Messaging Service

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aga Khan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ayeesha K Kamal, MBBS · Aga Khan University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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