| Reinforcement of adherence to prescription recommendations in Asian Indian diabetes patients using short message service (SMS)--a pilot study. | |
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PMID: 22616337 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the acceptability and feasibility of using short message services (SMS) via cell phones to ensure adherence to management prescriptions by diabetic patients. METHODS: Type 2 diabetic patients with 5 or more years of diabetes and having HbA1c between 7.0% to 10% were randomized to the control arm (n = 105) to receive standard care and to the intervention arm (SMS, n = 110). Messages in English on principles of diabetes management were sent once in 3 days, the contents and frequencies varied as per the patients' preferences. The study duration was 1 year. All participants were advised to report for quarterly clinic visits. A comparative assessment of the clinical, biochemical and anthropometric outcomes was made among the groups at the annual visit. RESULTS: Annual review was possible in 71% of intervention group and 63% of control group. SMS was acceptable to the patients and the median number requested was 2 per week. HbA1c and plasma lipids improved significantly in the SMS group. CONCLUSIONS: The pilot study showed that frequent communication via SMS was acceptable to diabetic patients and it helped to improve the health outcomes. |
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Ananth Samith Shetty; Snehalatha Chamukuttan; Arun Nanditha; Roopesh Kumar Champat Raj; Ambady Ramachandran |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India Volume: 59 ISSN: 0004-5772 ISO Abbreviation: J Assoc Physicians India Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-05-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505585 Medline TA: J Assoc Physicians India Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 711-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Dr. A. Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals, Chennai, India. |
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