期刊
AIDS AND BEHAVIOR
卷 14, 期 6, 页码 1347-1352出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9780-2
关键词
Adherence; Attendance; Anti-retroviral therapy; Mobile phones; HIV; AIDS
We aimed to assess the patterns and dynamics of mobile phone usage amongst an antiretroviral treatment (ART) cohort in rural Uganda and ascertain its feasibility for improving clinic attendance A cross-sectional study of clients on ART exploring their access to mobile phones and patterns of use was employed Clinic attendances for antiretroviral drug refills were then monitored prospectively over 28 weeks in 176 patients identified in the cross-sectional survey who had access to mobile phones and had given consent to be contacted Patients were contacted via voice calls or text messages to remind them about their missed clinic appointments Of the 276 patients surveyed, 177 (64%) had access to mobile phones with all but one were willing to be contacted for missed visits reminders Of the 560 total scheduled clinic appointments 62 (11%) were missed visits In 79% of episodes in which visits were missed, patients presented for treatment within a mean duration of 2 2 days (SD = 1 2 days) after mobile phone recall Access to mobile phones was high in this setting Privacy and confidentiality issues were not considered deterrents Mobile phones have a potential for use in resource-constrained settings to substantially improve the clinical management of HIV/AIDS
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据