Rationale and design of the regimen education and messaging in diabetes (REMinD) trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals with type 2 diabetes manage complex multi-drug regimens, but nearly half of all patients do not consistently take the dose prescribed for them, and therefore may not receive the full potential therapeutic benefit. Both patient and health system factors contribute to achieving and maintaining medication adherence. To determine if patients with type 2 diabetes who are concurrently managing other chronic conditions could improve their adherence, we devised and are testing a multifaceted, primary care-based strategy to provide health literacy-appropriate and language concordant regimen information, guidance and reminders.

Objective

We are testing the effectiveness of an electronic health record (EHR) based strategy and short message service (SMS) text remi

SUBMITTER: O'Conor R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642855 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature