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- ItemMeta-analysis of Mobile Phone Reminders on HIV Patients' Retention to Care.(0000-00-00) Jong, Soson; Cuca, Yvette; Thompson, Lisa MAims This research aims to systematically review the current clinical evidence of the efficacy of mobile phone reminders on retention to care among HIV patients This study also seeks to determine an effect size of the intervention and presents implications for future studies Background Use of mobile technologies is an innovative and affordable approach to HIV prevention and care particularly in resource limited settings Approximately two thirds of people who are initially diagnosed with HIV are lost to follow up before starting HIV treatment in low and middle income countries posing serious global health concerns While mobile text message reminders for HIV medication adherence have shown positive health outcomes it is not well understood whether the reminders can also improve patients retention to care Methods The authors conducted a meta analysis of literature in the following databases PubMed CINAHL ProQuest and Web of Science Of the 667 peer reviewed research articles reviewed nine studies were included in the final analysis Stata version 13 was used for the analysis Results Nine studies 5 randomized controlled and 4 before and after studies from 7 countries included 3 004 HIV patients Random effect meta analysis I squared 94 1 found that HIV patients who received mobile phone reminders for their follow up appointments were two times more likely to return to care than those who didn t receive reminders pooled odd ratio OR 2 04 95 CI 0 97 4 27 Our sub group analysis of 5 randomized controlled studies showed a significant effect of mobile phone reminders OR 2 04 95 CI 1 11 3 74 Six studies in Africa showed that HIV patients mostly women receiving mobile phone reminders were three times more likely to return to care than those who received no reminders OR 2 92 95 CI 1 13 7 53 Conclusion Mobile phone reminders are an effective intervention to improve retention to HIV care Women with HIV living in resource limited settings benefit significantly from the intervention Also mobile phone reminders using text messages are as effective as phone calls to improve retention to HIV care
- ItemQualitative exploration of the acceptability of a mobile phone and pedometer-based physical activity program in a diverse sample of sedentary women.(2012-04-19) Fukuoka, Yoshimi; Lindgren, Teri; Jong, SosonOBJECTIVES The objectives of this paper were to explore the acceptability of components of a mobile phone pedometer based physical activity program and to understand motivators and barriers to increase physical activity in a diverse sample of sedentary women DESIGN AND SAMPLE Face to face semi structured interviews were conducted following a 3 week pilot mobile phone pedometer based physical activity intervention Forty one sedentary women participated in the study MEASURES Subjects were interviewed using a semi structured interview guide A qualitative description method was used to thematically analyze the interviews Two investigators reviewed the transcripts independently and identified codes based on the main concerns in the interview questions RESULTS Three themes emerged from qualitative data shedding light on the perceived acceptability and usefulness of a mobile phone pedometer based intervention 1 Monitor me mobile phone pedometer as self monitoring tools 2 Motivate me cycle of feedback in goal setting and usefulness uselessness of daily random messages 3 Mobilize me engaging and adapting physical activity to fit one s own lifestyle CONCLUSION Mobile phone and pedometer based physical activity programs might be helpful in keeping sedentary women engaged and motivated to increase their physical activity A randomized controlled trial of this intervention is warranted