Acceptability and factors associated with willingness to receive short messages for improving antiretroviral therapy adherence in China

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Acceptability and factors associated with willingness to receive short messages for improving antiretroviral therapy adherence in China

From the results posted in PubMed: "Factors associated with willingness in unadjusted analyses (α = 0.10) were included in a logistic regression model; 88.4% of the participants owned mobile phones, 49.6% read every short message and 16.2% read only if the phone number was familiar, 79.5% reported daily SMS to remind taking medicine would be helpful, and 68.9% were willing to receive them. In the final model, willingness to accept was positively associated with being young (odds ratio [OR] = 0.32; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.11-0.99; p = 0.048), living in the middle or north region (OR = 2.36; 95% CI: 1.24-4.50; p = 0.009, OR = 71.79; 95% CI: 21.53-239.37; p < 0.001, respectively), having primary or "junior or higher" education (OR = 5.80; 95% CI: 2.13-15.86; p = 0.001, OR = 3.20; 95% CI: 1.20-8.58; p = 0.021, respectively), having serious disease condition of stage (OR = 10.01; 95% CI: 2.12-47.30; p = 0.004), being a rural resident (OR = 2.96; 95% CI: 1.72-5.10; p < 0.001), having side effect (OR = 4.74; 95% CI: 1.24-18.03; p = 0.023), and taking a dose two or more hours late in the last 30 days (OR = 2.45; 95% CI: 1.26-4.78; p = 0.009). SMS as a reminder for improving ART adherence is acceptable."

Study RegionChina
OrganizationAnhui Medical University
Issue or ProblemIncreasing Adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV treatment
Tech MediumSMS
Technology DeviceMobile phones
mFHAST ImplicationOpportunities for SMS messages to increase adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapies
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Categories: Public Health
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