Text Messaging and Mobile Phone Apps as Interventions to Improve Adherence in Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of adolescents with chronic health conditions (CHCs) continues to increase. Medication nonadherence is a global challenge among adolescents across chronic conditions and is associated with poor health outcomes. While there has been growing interest in the use of mHealth technology to improve medication adherence among adolescents with CHCs, particularly text messaging and mobile phone apps, there has been no prior systematic review of their efficacy.

Objective

The purpose of this review was to systematically evaluate the most recent evidence for the efficacy of text messaging and mobile phone apps as interventions to promote medication adherence among adolescents with CHCs.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Google Scholar

SUBMITTER: Badawy SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5447825 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature