Effectiveness of eHealth interventions for improving medication adherence of organ transplant patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organ transplantation is the most effective treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure. It has been actively carried out all over the world. Recently, eHealth interventions have been applied to organ transplant patients. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of eHealth interventions for improving medication adherence in organ transplant patients as compared to usual or conventional care alone.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE via PubMed, Excerpta Media dataBASE (EMBASE), the Cochrane Register Controlled Trials, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycINFO, and six domestic Korean databases to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published up to April 17, 2020. Two reviewers independent

SUBMITTER: Lee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644069 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature