A prospective study to assess the medication adherence pattern among hypertensives and to evaluate the use of cellular phone text messaging as a tool to improve adherence to medications in a tertiary health-care center
CONCLUSION: Nonadherence to medication is a global phenomenon to be tackled at the earliest. Our study clearly brings out the importance of improving adherence by regular reminders as messages. Hence, there is a wide scope to avail means to improve the adherence pattern and maximize the health benefits.
Source: Indian Journal of Pharmacology - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Garima Shukla A Tejus R Vishnuprasad Sapna Pradhan MS Prakash Source Type: research