嵌入式手机提醒器在慢性药物服药合规性的有效性
Thanduxolo P Myeni1, Somasundram Pillay
1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. xolomyeni@yahoo.com.
概括
手机提醒显著改善了低收入环境中的药物坚持. 这种具有成本效益的干预措施利用广泛使用手机来克服遗忘症,增强慢性疾病管理.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 慢性疾病管理 慢性疾病管理
背景情况:
- 药物坚持对于慢性疾病管理至关重要,但在资源不足的环境中具有挑战性.
- 在这些地区,忘记是坚持成长的主要障碍.
- 手机为药物提醒提供了一个潜在的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 评估内置手机提醒器在改善慢性药物服药的有效性.
- 评估移动技术对南非eThekwini患者合规性的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及400名慢性药物治疗患者的前性,横截面研究.
- 患者被分为两组:使用手机提醒和不使用.
- 通过问卷评估药物坚持,通过统计分析评估药物坚持,包括千平方和后勤回归.
主要成果:
- 使用手机提醒的患者表现出明显更高的坚持 (87%) 比不使用 (67%).
- 手机提醒与药物坚持的几率增加了2.5倍 (OR = 2.5,p < 0.001).
结论:
- 内置的手机提醒器是提高药物坚持的成本有效的干预措施.
- 将移动技术纳入公共卫生战略可以改善资源有限的环境中的慢性疾病管理.
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