Using text message reminders in health care services: A narrative literature review

Schwebel, Frank J.; Larimer, Mary E.

doi:10.1016/j.invent.2018.06.002

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“…This cannot happen if one has no phone and so may lead to loss to follow up. Mobile phone technologies (mHealth), specifically SMS reminders have improved patient outcomes in other health service delivery settings [38][39][40] but were comparable to the standard of care for HIV retention in other settings [41,22,42]. It is however important to note that the level of interaction between provider and patient, and subset of activities under mHealth greatly determine the effectiveness of particular interventions.…”

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Determinants of loss to follow-up among HIV positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in a test and treat setting: A retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda

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Background Retaining patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) and ensuring good adherence remain cornerstone of long-term viral suppression. In this era of test and treat (T&T) policy, ensuring that patients starting ART remain connected to HIV clinics is key to achieve the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. Currently, limited studies have evaluated the effect of early ART initiation on loss to follow up in a routine health care delivery setting. We studied the cumulative incidence, incidence rate of loss to follow up (LTFU), and factors associated with LTFU in a primary healthcare clinic that has practiced T&T since 2012. Methods We retrospectively analyzed extracted routine program data on patients who started ART from January 2012 to 4 th July 2016. We defined LTFU as failure of a patient to return to the HIV clinic for at least 90 days from the date of their last appointment. We calculated cumulative incidence, incidence rate and fitted a multivariable Cox proportion hazards regression model to determine factors associated with LTFU. Results Of the 7,553 patients included in our sample, 3,231 (42.8%) started ART within seven days following HIV diagnosis. There were 1,180 cases of LTFU observed over 15,807.7 person years at risk. The overall incidence rate (IR) of LTFU was 7.5 (95% CI, 7.1-7.9) per 100 person years of observation (pyo). Cumulative incidence of LTFU increased with duration of

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Determinants of loss to follow-up among HIV positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in a test and treat setting: A retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda

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“…This cannot happen if one has no phone and so may lead to loss to follow up. Mobile phone technologies (mHealth), specifically SMS reminders have improved patient outcomes in other health service delivery settings [36–38] but were comparable to the standard of care for HIV retention in other settings [21,30]. It is however important to note that the level of interaction between provider and patient, and subset of activities under mHealth greatly determine the effectiveness of particular interventions.…”

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Starting antiretroviral therapy within seven days of a positive HIV test increased the risk of loss to follow up in a primary healthcare clinic: a retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda

Kiwanuka

Waila

Muhindo

et al. 2019

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19Background: Retention of patients initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and good adherence 20 remain cornerstones to long-term viral suppression. In this era of test and treat (T&T), ensuring that 21 patients initiated on ART remain connected to HIV clinics will be key to the achievement of the 22 UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. Currently, limited studies have evaluated the effect instant ART initiation 23 has on loss to follow up in a typical service healthcare setting. We studied the cumulative incidence, 24 incidence rate of loss to follow up (LTFU), and factors associated with loss to follow up (LTFU) in a 25 primary healthcare clinic that has practiced test and treat since 2012. 26Methods: We retrospectively drew routine program data of patients initiated on ART from January 27 2012 to December 2016. We defined LTFU as failure of a patient to return to the HIV clinic for at 28 least 90 days from the date of their last appointment. We calculated cumulative incidence, incidence 29 rate and fitted a multivariable Cox proportion hazards regression model to determine factors associated 30 with LTFU. 31Results: Of the 8,136 patients included in our sample, 3,606 (44.3%) started ART within seven days 32 of HIV diagnosis. Females were 62.3%, median (interquartile range) age at start of ART was 30 (25, 33 37) years, 50.1% had access to a mobile phone, 54.0% had a baseline CD4 cell count of <350 cells/ml, 34 14.8% were in either WHO stage 3 or 4 at baseline and 75.9% had a normal body mass index (BMI). 35There were 1,207 cases of LTFU observed over 15953.0 person years at risk. The overall incidence 36 rate (IR) of LTFU was 7.6 (95% CI=7.2-8.0) per 100 person years of observation (pyo). Cumulative 37 incidence of LTFU increased with duration of follow up from 8.8% (95% CI=8.2-9.4%) and 12.0% 38 (95% CI=11.2-12.7%) at 6 and 12 months, to 17.9% (95% CI=16.9-18.9%) and 20.1% (95% CI=18.9-39 21.3%) at 36, and 48 months respectively. Predictors of elevated risk of LTFU were; starting ART 40 within 7 days of a positive diagnosis ((aHR) =1.39, 95% CI, 1.13-1.71), lack of access to a telephone 41 set (aHR=1.60, 95% CI, 1.29-1.99) and baseline WHO clinical stage 3 or 4 (aHR =1.53, 95% CI, 1.11-42 2.11). Factors associated with a reduced risk of LTFU were; baseline age ≥25years, and having a BMI 43 ≥ 30 (aHR =0.28, 95% CI, 0.15-0.51). 44 Conclusion: Initiation of ART within 7 days of an HIV diagnosis was associated with an elevated risk 45 of loss to follow up. Steep ART initiation needs to be backed by enhanced adherence and retention 46 counseling to reach the 2020 UNAIDS goals and beyond.47 Keywords: Loss to follow up, Test and Treat, antiretroviral therapy, Retention.48 49 Background and rationale 50 By the end of 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that globally about 36.9 million 51 people were living with HIV (PLHIV) and 1.8 million new infections occurred that year; over two 52 thirds of the new infections were in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) with about 50,000 in Uganda. During 53 the same time, about 21.7 mi...

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“…Apart from mobile apps, other mobile phone services (e.g. short message services, SMS) have contributed to improving patient compliance and as appointment reminders (Schwebel and Larimer, 2018). In low-and middleincome countries (LMICs), the use of the mobile technology has been an innovative solution to overcome health barriers such as challenging areas with difficult access, inadequate workforce and restricted financial resources (Folaranmi et al, 2014;Tomlinson et al, 2018).…”

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The Use of Mobile Phones for the Prevention and Control of Arboviral Diseases: A Scoping Review

Carrillo

Kroeger

Cárdenas

et al. 2020

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Background: The rapid expansion of dengue, Zika and chikungunya with large scale outbreaks are an increasing public health concern in many countries. Additionally, the recent coronavirus pandemic urged the need to get connected for fast information transfer and exchange. As response, health programmes have -among other interventions- incorporated digital tools such as mobile phones for supporting the control and prevention of infectious diseases. However, little is known about the benefits of mobile phone technology in terms of input, process and outcome dimensions. The purpose of this scoping review is to analyse the evidence of the use of mobile phones as an intervention tool regarding the performance, acceptance, usability, feasibility, cost and effectiveness in dengue, Zika and chikungunya control programmes. Methods: We conducted a scoping review of studies and reports by systematically searching: i) electronic databases (PubMed, PLOS ONE, PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, LILACS, WHOLIS, ScienceDirect and Google scholar), ii) grey literature, using Google web and iii) documents in the list of references of the selected papers. Selected studies were categorized using a pre-determined data extraction form. Finally, a narrative summary of the evidence related to general characteristics of available mobile health tools and outcomes was produced. Results: The systematic literature search identified 1289 records, 32 of which met the inclusion criteria. From the reference lists of included articles 4 records were identified coming to a total of 36 studies. The content analysis identified five mobile phone categories: mobile applications (n = 18), short message services (n=7), camera phone (n = 6), mobile phone tracking data (n = 4), and simple mobile communication (n = 1). These devices were used for surveillance, prevention and management. In general, mobile phone-based studies reported good performance, acceptance by users, usability in downloads as well as feasibility of mobile phone under real life conditions and effectiveness in terms of contributing to a reduction of vectors and disease. It can be concluded that there are great opportunities for using mobile phones in the fight against arboviral diseases as well as other epidemic diseases . Further studies particularly on acceptance, cost and effectiveness at scale are recommended.

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Using text message reminders in health care services: A narrative literature review

Cited by 182 publications

References 174 publications

Determinants of loss to follow-up among HIV positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in a test and treat setting: A retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda

Determinants of loss to follow-up among HIV positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in a test and treat setting: A retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda

Starting antiretroviral therapy within seven days of a positive HIV test increased the risk of loss to follow up in a primary healthcare clinic: a retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda

The Use of Mobile Phones for the Prevention and Control of Arboviral Diseases: A Scoping Review

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