Improving Linkage to HIV Care Through Mobile Phone Apps: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In HIV treatment program, gaps in the "cascade of care" where patients are lost between diagnosis, laboratory evaluation, treatment initiation, and retention in HIV care, is a well-described challenge. Growing access to internet-enabled mobile phones has led to an interest in using the technology to improve patient engagement with health care.

Objective

The objectives of this trial were: (1) to assess whether a mobile phone-enabled app could provide HIV patients with laboratory test results, (2) to better understand the implementation of such an intervention, and (3) to determine app effectiveness in improving linkage to HIV care after diagnosis.

Methods

We developed and tested an app through a randomized controlled trial carried out in several primary heal

SUBMITTER: Venter W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068383 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature