Telenhealth and Adherence to Stains

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Telehealth , Lipid Lowering Medication Adherence

Treatments: Other: SMS reminder massages about adherence

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05872919

Adherence for medication

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of telehealth through short messaging services (SMSs) on adherence to statins in patients with diabetes.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult (≥18 years)
• Both sexes
• Type 1 and 2 diabetes
• Had a prescription of lipid lowering medication with a minimum duration of two weeks
• Have an active contact phone number that can receive text messages
• Able to read SMS text messages (patient, or family member)

Exclusion criteria

• Communication impairment
• Taking any psychotropic medications
• Familial hypercholesterolemia
• Already established coronary heart disease
• not on lipid lowering medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

will not receive the intervention

Study group

Experimental group

Description:

will receive the intervention

Treatment:

Other: SMS reminder massages about adherence