A Smartphone App to Improve Medication Adherence in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Asia: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The efficacy of smartphone apps for improving medication adherence in type 2 diabetes is not well studied in Asian populations.

Objective

This study aimed to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and clinical outcomes of using a smartphone app to improve medication adherence in a multiethnic Asian population with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

We block randomized 51 nonadherent and digitally literate patients with type 2 diabetes between the ages of 21 and 75 years into two treatment arms (control: usual care; intervention: usual care+Medisafe app) and followed them up for 12 weeks. Recruitment occurred at a public tertiary diabetes specialist outpatient center in Singapore. The intervention group received email reminders to complete online surveys monthly, w

SUBMITTER: Huang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746066 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature