SMS education for the promotion of diabetes self-management in low & middle income countries: a pilot randomized controlled trial in Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the ubiquity of mobile phones in low and middle income countries, we aimed to examine the feasibility of SMS education among diabetic patients in Egypt, and assess the impact of educational text messages, compared to traditional paper-based methods, on glycemic control and self-management behaviors.

Methods

We conducted a 12-week randomized controlled trial at Misr University for Science & Technology hospital in Cairo-Egypt. Known as MUST diabetes awareness program, patients were included if they had diabetes, owned a mobile phone, and could read SMS messages or lived with someone that could read for them. Intervention patients received daily messages and weekly reminders addressing various diabetes care categories. We expected greater improvement in their

SUBMITTER: Abaza H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735794 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature