| dc.contributor.author | Lester, Richard T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ritvo, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mills, Edward J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kariri, Antony | |
| dc.contributor.author | Karanja, Sarah | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chung, Michael H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jack, William | |
| dc.contributor.author | Habyarimana, James | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sadatsafavi, Mohsen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Najafzadeh, Mehdi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marra, Carlo A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Estambale, Benson B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ngugi, Elizabeth | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ball, T. Blake | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thabane, Lehana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gelmon, Lawrence J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kimani, Joshua | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ackers, Marta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Plummer, Francis A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-07T07:52:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-07T07:52:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-11 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673610619976 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.jooust.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1261 | |
| dc.description | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61997-6 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Mobile (cell) phone communication has been suggested as a method to improve delivery of health services. However, data on the effects of mobile health technology on patient outcomes in resource-limited settings are limited. We aimed to assess whether mobile phone communication between health-care workers and patients starting antiretroviral therapy in Kenya improved drug adherence and suppression of plasma HIV-1 RNA load. WelTel Kenya1 was a multisite randomised clinical trial of HIV-infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in three clinics in Kenya. Patients were randomised (1:1) by simple randomisation with a random number generating program to a mobile phone short message service (SMS) intervention or standard care. Patients in the intervention group received weekly SMS messages from a clinic nurse and were required to respond within 48 h. Randomisation, laboratory assays, and analyses were done by investigators masked to treatment allocation; however, study participants and clinic staff were not masked to treatment. Primary outcomes were self-reported ART adherence (>95 of prescribed doses in the past 30 days at both 6 and 12 month follow-up visits) and plasma HIV-1 viral RNA load suppression ( | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The Lancet | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Volume 376, Issue 9755; | |
| dc.title | Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): A randomised trial | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
