Short Text Messages to Encourage Adherence to Medication and Follow-up for People With Psychosis (Mobile.Net)
Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
From the article posted in PubMed:
High-grade routinely collected data can provide clear outcomes for pragmatic randomized trials. SMS messaging tailored with the input of each individual patient did not decrease the rate of psychiatric hospital visits after the 12 months of follow-up. Although there may have been other, more subtle effects, the results of these were not evident in outcomes of agreed importance to clinicians, policymakers, and patients and their families.
mFHAST Implications: Opportunity for text messages to decrease the rate of psychiatric hospital visits after the 12 months of follow-up.
| Level of Evidence | Level I |
| Study Region | Turku, Finland |
| Organization | Turku University Hospital |
| Issue or Problem | treatment adherence |
| Tech Medium | SMS |
| Technology Device | Mobile Phone |
| mFHAST Implication | Opportunity for text messages to decrease the rate of psychiatric hospital visits after the 12 months of follow-up. |
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A link to the full text on the Journal of Medical Internet ResearchBetween September 2011 and November 2012, we randomly assigned 1139 people to a tailored text message intervention (n=569) or usual care (n=570). Participants received semiautomated text messages for up to 12 months or usual care. The primary outcome, based on routinely collected health register data, was patient readmission into a psychiatric hospital during a 12-month follow-up period.