MHealth Interventions To Support Self-Management In HIV: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-management is an important aspect of long-term HIV treatment. Mobile technologies offer the potential to efficiently deliver interventions to facilitate HIV self-management. The last comprehensive review of such mHealth interventions was conducted in 2011. Given the rapidly evolving field, a need was identified for an updated review of the literature.

Objective

The study aimed to describe and evaluate current evidence-based mHealth interventions to support self-management in HIV.

Method

Eight online databases (Medline, Scopus, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane, Global Health CAB, IEEE explore, Web of Science) were systematically searched for papers describing and evaluating mHealth HIV self-management interventions. Reference lists of relevant papers were als

SUBMITTER: Cooper V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5730953 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature