Empowering pharmacists in asthma management through interactive SMS (EmPhAsIS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
An article from the Trials journal
From the methods posted in PubMed: "This study is a pragmatic pharmacy-based, cluster, randomized controlled trial with 12 months of intervention delivery and follow-up. Pharmacies (the clusters) will be randomized at a 1:1 ratio to provide intervention or usual care. The EmPhAsIS intervention consists of patient asthma education, short message service (SMS)-based monthly assessment of adherence, and follow-up of non-adherent individuals by community pharmacists."
| Study Region | Canada |
| Organization | University of British Columbia |
| Issue or Problem | Increasing asthma related medication adherence |
| Tech Medium | SMS |
| Technology Device | Mobile phones |
| mFHAST Implication | Opportunity for use of SMS to improve medication adherence for asthma therapies |
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Link to the full article on PubMedConsidering the prevalence of asthma, the extent of the non-adherence problem in this disease, and the availability of effective treatments, there is a tremendous potential to reduce the burden of asthma through improving adherence. This is the first study of an intervention based on mobile communication technology involving community pharmacists in asthma management.