Text Message and Internet Support for Coronary Heart Disease Self-Management

An article from the Journal of Medical Internet Research

Text Message and Internet Support for Coronary Heart Disease Self-Management

Results posted in the PubMed abstract: "Eligible patients (N=123) recruited from 2 large metropolitan hospitals were randomized to the intervention (n=61) or the control (n=62) group. Participants were predominantly male (100/123, 81.3%), New Zealand European (73/123, 59.3%), with a mean age of 59.5 (SD 11.1) years. A significant treatment effect in favor of the intervention was observed for the primary outcome at 3 months (AOR 2.55, 95% CI 1.12-5.84; P=.03), but not at 6 months (AOR 1.93, 95% CI 0.83-4.53; P=.13). The intervention group reported significantly greater medication adherence score (mean difference: 0.58, 95% CI 0.19-0.97; P=.004). The majority of intervention participants reported reading all their text messages (52/61, 85%). The number of visits to the website per person ranged from zero to 100 (median 3) over the 6-month intervention period."

Study RegionNew Zealand
OrganizationUniversity of Auckland,
Issue or ProblemReducing adverse cardiovascular events
Tech MediumSMS
Technology DeviceMobile phone
mFHAST ImplicationOpportunity for SMS interventions to increase adherence behavior changes needed to reduce coronary heart disease
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