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Improving Drug Adherence Among Adolescents in Uganda Using SMS Reminders

NCT02128087 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 330

Last updated 2017-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this project the investigators develop and test a short message service (SMS) intervention based on the Information Motivation and Behavior skills (IMB) model. Reminding Adolescents To Adhere (RATA) prompts youths at two clinics in Uganda to take their medications and offers social support via weekly text messages. The investigators propose to adapt their previous successful SMS-intervention to the specific needs of youths and to evaluate the relative effectiveness of one-way versus two-way text messages (where two-way messages allow youths to respond to messages and we hypothesize that this may increase perceived social support that may be important for youth populations). We will also test the effectiveness of SMS messages over the longer-term (2 years), for which currently no information is available.

Conditions

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Two-way SMS intervention

Clients will receive a weekly two-way SMS, meaning that the clients in this group will receive the same message as in the one-way SMS study arm, but in addition will be asked how they feel. Clients are required to either press 1 or respond "well" or press 2 or write 'Unwell" in response in the language of their choice within 48 hours. A missing response after 48 hours triggers a second SMS to remind the client to respond. If after 24 more hours the participant still does not respond or if at any point s/he responds "unwell" then the study coordinator will follow up with a call within 24 hours.

BEHAVIORAL

One-way SMS intervention group

Clients will receive a weekly one-way SMS message. There will be no prompt for any response.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • RAND

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sebastian Linnemayr, PhD · RAND

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Uganda

Study Locations

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