Mobile phone text messaging for medication adherence in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

CONCLUSIONS: Due to limited evidence, we are uncertain if text messaging reduces medication adherence, fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events, and combined cardiovascular events in people with cardiovascular diseases when compared to usual care. Furthermore, text messaging may result in little or no effect on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood pressure, and heart rate compared to usual care. The included studies were of low methodological quality, and no studies assessed the effects of text messaging in low-income countries or beyond the 12-month follow-up. Long-term and high-quality randomised trials are needed, particularly in low-income countries.PMID:38533994 | PMC:PMC10966941 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD011851.pub3
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research