Impact of a Mobile Health Intervention on Long-term Nonadherence After Lung Transplantation: Follow-up After a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a randomized controlled trial, lung transplant recipients (LTRs) using a mobile health intervention, Pocket Personal Assistant for Tracking Health (Pocket PATH), showed better adherence to the medical regimen than LTRs receiving usual care during the first year posttransplant. We examined whether these effects were maintained beyond the end of the trial and evaluated other potential risk factors for long-term nonadherence.

Methods

Adherence in 8 areas was evaluated at follow-up in separate LTR and family caregiver (collateral) assessments. Pocket PATH and usual care groups' nonadherence rates were compared; multivariable regression analyses then examined and controlled for other patient characteristics' associations with nonadherence.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Geramita EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170004 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature