Impact of behavioral economics to improve antihypertensive therapy adherence, a pilot randomized controlled trial in Los Angeles.

ABSTRACT: Routinized pill-taking can enhance medication adherence but is difficult to achieve. In this pilot randomized controlled trial we assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a novel behavioral economics-based approach to medication-adherence. We enrolled 60 hypertensive adults, who all received information on pill-routinization and selected an existing behavioral routine ('anchor') to assist with routinization of pill-taking. Participants were randomized into 3 groups: 1)'Control' receiving usual care (n = 20); 2)'Messages' receiving daily text messages (n = 20); and 3)'Incentives' receiving both text messages and rewards for medication adherence (n = 20). Interventions lasted 3 months, followed by a 6-month post-intervention period during which we assessed medicatio

SUBMITTER: Linnemayr S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12586644 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature