Effect of mobile telephone reminders on treatment outcome in HIV: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether customised mobile phone reminders would improve adherence to therapy and thus decrease virological failure among HIV infected patients starting antiretroviral treatment (ART).

Design

Randomised controlled trial among HIV infected patients initiating antiretroviral treatment.

Setting

Three diverse healthcare delivery settings in south India: two ambulatory clinics within the Indian national programme and one private HIV healthcare clinic.

Participants

631 HIV infected, ART naïve, adult patients eligible to initiate first line ART were randomly assigned to mobile phone intervention (n=315) or standard care (n=316) and followed for 96 weeks..

Intervention

The intervention consisted of customised, interactive, automated voice remi

SUBMITTER: Shet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4459037 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature